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Russian communists call for victory!

by our Eastern European Affairs correspondent

Fierce fighting continues on all fronts in Ukraine as the Russians beat back waves of Ukrainian attacks in the south and the Donbas. The Ukrainians launched further pin-prick drone attacks on Moscow that have no military value but have only served to provoke the Russians into further strategic bombing of the Ukrainian capital. And the Russian naval blockade tightens as their missiles pound Ukraine’s Black Sea ports to cut off all Ukrainian sea-borne exports, including the grain so crucial to the Western market.

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Green Oil?

by New Worker correspondent

Monday’s declaration by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to grant 100 new North Sea oil and gas licences received a predictably mixed reception. This he said was “entirely consistent with net-zero commitments”. This was a general commitment and to the industry and did not signal approval of any particular developments such as the Rosebank field west of Shetland. He added that Britain would always need oil and gas for about a quarter of its energy needs.

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Editorials

A new wind of change in Africa

The army have taken over in Niger, a land-locked, poverty-stricken part of what was once “French West Africa” that gained formal independence from its colonial masters in 1960. But the French maintained a hold over their former territory using pliant civilian and military leaders to maintain their grip on the country’s gold and uranium exports, which largely went to France. Or did do until the army led by General Abdourahmane Tchiani kicked out the old gang last week.

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