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    The spiral of violence in Balochistan

    Roshaan Khattak and Thomas Jeffrey Milley examine the causes of the violence between Baloch insurgents and the Pakistani government

  • Thousands of protestors with Palestine flags march in front of Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament

    Nakba facing Palestine then and now

    Bernard Regan, historian of Britain’s long involvement in the repression of Palestine, documents the brutal history of Britain’s role in driving the Palestinians from their land

  • From bystander to peacebuilder

    Vlad Sakovich reports on People First, a new campaign to release thousands of Ukrainian prisoners of war, Russian political prisoners and forcefully transferred Ukrainian children

  • Landscape with cypress trees dominated by a column of thick black smoke rising into the air

    Rekindling fires: Israel’s strategy in South Lebanon

    Israel has escalated its bombardment of Lebanon, killing over 3,000 and displacing millions. Mahdi Zaidan analyses Israel’s strategy – and the relation of Hezbollah to the people of Lebanon

  • A late-19th century style illustration shows an 'Uncle Sam' figure dressed in US flag colours rampaging and fighting wars

    Genocide is the dark side of US democracy

    The US presidential election offers an illusion of choice when it comes to supporting genocide, argues Seraj Assi

  • Three photos: A bald masculine person wearing court robes stands behind a bank of computers; a scene of levelled buildings and debris after a bombing; a crowd of smiling people wearing keffiyehs and Palestine flags holds a large pink heart sign reading Thank you, South Africa

    Palestine must be free, with the law on it side

    An interview with Ahmed Abofoul of human rights organisation Al- Haq on the need for international rights and legal mechanisms to stop the genocide in Gaza

  • Two white feminine people in masks, their shoulders draped in Ukraine flags, hold cardboard signs. One reads: Stop Russian aggression, the other shows a drawing of bombs falling on a mother and child

    Ukraine must win

    Assessing the Russo-Ukraine war from a progressive perspective means recognising the fascist, imperialist nature of the Russian invader, writes Yuliya Yurchenko

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