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Red Paint is Terrorism, Enabling Genocide is Policy
Red paint on military aircraft is terrorism, while Israeli genocide is policy. Labour's ban on Palestine Action reveals a war on solidarity itself.
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We Are Not Meant to Care: Reclaiming Empathy Through Action
From Gaza to sweatshops: How capitalism's machinery of isolation prevents collective empathy and action. The system needs us not to care.
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War Is Peace, Truth Is Trump: The Ceasefire Circus and the Lies We’re Meant to Swallow
Trump’s ceasefire posts distort truth and glorify destruction. This is not diplomacy — it’s doublespeak, broadcast live from the edge of empire.
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The Violence of Peace Through Strength: Power, Fear and the Fantasy of Control
A critical examination of the slogan ‘peace through strength,’ tracing its use from Reagan to Trump. Drawing on Noam Chomsky, Judith Butler and Johan…
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The Optics of Power: Authoritarian Aesthetics in the Age of Trump
Amid US strikes on Iran, Trump's photo ops expose the dark spectacle of power - part strongman performance, part absurdist campaign theatre.
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Same Script, New Target: How Trump's Iran War Theatre and Starmer's Iraq Revival Are Manufacturing Tomorrow's Disaster
Trump demands Iran's 'unconditional surrender' while Starmer deploys Blair's war architects. The same lies, same playbook, same path to predetermined…
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Authoritarian America: Trump’s Crackdown on Protest and Civil Liberties
After deploying the National Guard to crush LA protests, Trump is proving he won’t tolerate dissent. What happens if he loses the midterms?
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Blue Labour, Red MAGA: How Maurice Glasman Became Starmer's Trojan Horse
Lord Maurice Glasman's transformation from Labour peer to Trump ally reveals how Blue Labour influences Keir Starmer's government and shifts British…
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Green No More: Labour's Planning Bill Threatens England's Natural World
Labour's Planning Bill could put over 5,000 protected nature sites at risk. A searing critique of war on England's countryside in the name of…
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Welcome to Plague Island!
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Peace Through Strength?
Something fundamental has shifted within the Labour Party.
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May 2025

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