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Send Them To Rwanda!!

Caoimhin O’Muraile ☭ The British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has come out with some outlandish and ridiculous ideas and acts in his time nobody could doubt that. There was the case of British-Iranian citizen, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was sentenced to five years imprisonment in Iran. She proclaimed her innocence and asked Johnson, then British Foreign Secretary, for help. After his

The Truth About Ukraine’s Far-Right Militias

Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières ✒ Russia has empowered dangerous factions in Zelenskyy’s army.Aris RoussinosLike any war, but perhaps more than most, the war in Ukraine has seen a bewildering barrage of claims and counter-claims made by the online supporters of each side. Truth, partial truths and outright lies compete for dominance in the media narrative. Vladimir Putin’s claim that Russia

Azov Movement In Ukraine

Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières ✒ An interview with Bellingcat journalist Michael Colborne on the Azov movement in Ukraine.Eviane Leidig An interview with Bellingcat journalist Michael Colborne on his recently published book on Ukraine’s Azov movement and the global far right, in the context of the Russo-Ukrainian war.Eviane: Your latest book, From the Fires of War: Ukraine’s Azov Movement and

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War In Ukraine ✑ Reflections And Proposals For Internationalist Union Action

People And Nature ☭ From the Solidaires Union web site. 31-March-2022These notes from the Solidaires Union bureau set out its approach to building solidarity with Ukrainian working-class resistance to Russian military aggression. They are a useful starting point for discussion. Please copy and circulate.This statement is based on the assessment made during the Solidaires national board meeting in

Check Point Charlie 1

Brendan Curran ✒ with a poem from his expansive body of work. Check Point Charlie 1 They walk right out in front of you, slowly raising their arm up high,They point their finger in a direction, to an imaginary car lay byeHe walks over beside you, with not a smile or a grin,He asks you for your name, where you are going, and where you have bin♞♜♝The tall one with the radio, hunched against the toy

Banana Skins

Peter Anderson ⚽ As a City fan looking at possible banana skins in Liverpool's run in, I was particularly looking at the consecutive home games against Man U and Everton. The pundits on TV all said that it would be a breeze for Liverpool given the heights that Klopp's men have reached compared to the disaster zones that Old Trafford and Goodison currently are. I tended to agree, but in the back

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French Trade Unions Plan Workers’ Convoy To Ukraine

People And Nature ☭ Solidaires, a French trade union confederation, is organising a convoy to take aid to workers’ organisations in Ukraine.“We know that the real victims of war are the people, the working people”, a statement from Solidaires says. It is Ukrainian workers who are under attack today, but “it could be us tomorrow”.Solidaires is appealing for cash donations from union organisations