National News
What Assange faces in an American jail
by Mary Manley ,Sputnik
The High Court of England & Wales has ruled that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange may get a final appeal against extradition to the United States, but only if certain conditions are met. His freedom of speech might be restricted in America and there is a possibility he could face the death penalty. The Americans must therefore provide assurances that neither of these instances will happen, and if given Assange’s legal team may challenge their validity.
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Stop arms sales to Israel!
by Theo Russell
Last Saturday around 80 people marched from Kentish Town to Mornington Crescent in north London in one of many local protests across Britain calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and for Britain to end arms sales to the extreme Zionist government in Israel l e d b y B e n j a m i n Netanyahu. Passing close to the famous Camden Market, the protest as usual ended near Sir Keir Starmer’s constituency Labour Party office.
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Kim Il Sung: A hero to remember
by New Worker correspondent
NCP leader Andy Brooks joined other Korean solidarity campaigners at a meeting in central London last weekend to mark the 112th anniversary of the birth of the great Korean leader, Kim Il Sung and celebrate the successes of Korean-style socialism.
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Scottish Political News
by our Scottish political affairs correspondent
The SNP have long hoped to unite the Scottish people in a single cause. With their Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act they have finally done so on the occasion of their 90th birthday. Unfortunately for them the unity has been directed against them and their Green allies, whose measure it largely was. The measure triggered opposition across the social spectrum from the Catholic Church to the National Secular Society which should have alerted them to what they were letting themselves in for.
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International News
Crimean call for peace
International Association of Friends of Crimea
The alignment of European leaders with bellicose rhetoric and the concomitant militarisation of the European economy imperils the prospects for tranquillity and co-operation between the peoples of the European Union and the Russian Federation
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The Deep State calls the shots not Trump or Biden
by John Miles
Former US President Donald Trump has startled European leaders in recent weeks with plans to interfere in the functioning of NATO and reorient US foreign policy if re-elected this November. The brash real estate magnate frequently threatens Western allies with cuts to US funding for the decades-old alliance and has recently touted a proposal he claims would rapidly bring the war in the Donbas to an end.
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China’s helping hand
by Roberto Morejón, Radio Havana Cuba
The donation of emergency food sup- plies and the com- pletion, with Chinese help, of the deepest oil well ever drilled in Cuba, illustrated in recent weeks the scope and relevance of cooperation be- tween the socialist island in the Carib- bean and the People’s Republic of China.
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Features
The Essence of Imperialism
by Sajeev Kumar, Socialist Voice (Ireland)
Ireland suffered under the weight of imperialism in the past for the longest time and today continues to bear the oppression of the triple-lock of imperialism. People who are acquainted with Irish history know full well the destruction and damage caused by imperialism on the population, the economy, culture, language, nature, and psyche of its people.
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The Great Game revisited: imperialist intrigue in Central Asia
by Muhammad Sharif, Sputnik
In the era of proxy and hybrid warfare countries employ non-state actors to advance their interests and confront their adversaries without directly risking the lives of their own citizens. This approach often leads to the unintended consequence of innocent civilians in other countries becoming casualties.
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Impressions of a New Era: Robots on Chinese farms
Global Times
A Chinese proverb says, “The plan for a year lies in spring”. Looking across the fertile countryside, regions everywhere are seizing on the agricultural season to carry out spring farming. With the advancement of science and technology, more and more new technologies are being applied in agricultural production, unveiling a scene of modern agricultural development across the vast fields of China.
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