Britain
Fascists rampage across the U.K. targeting Muslims and refugees
August 5, 2024Scenes reminiscent of Nazi Germany’s Kristallnacht unfolded as right-wing mobs shattered windows and tried to burn people alive.
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‘The Old Oak’: Another masterwork from Ken Loach
July 9, 2024Ken Loach’s current film The Old Oak is yet another timeless masterwork from one of cinema’s greatest directors.
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Pride and Billy Elliot: same strike, contrasting portrayals
July 5, 2024Both Billy Elliot and Pride are set during the pivotal 1984-5 Miners’ Union strike in northern England, where miners struggled for over a year against the implacable Thatcher government to win better working conditions.
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Labour Party scores landslide in British election, but left wing puts government on notice
July 5, 2024It is the most grudging landslide win ever, as the Labour leader Keir Starmer only secured 36% of the vote, benefitting from splits on the right.
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Nuclear powers are continuing to modernize their weapons, says Swedish think tank
June 18, 2024The world’s nine nuclear-armed states continue to modernize their nuclear weapons as the countries deepened their reliance on such deterrence in 2023, a Swedish think tank said today. Wilfred Wan, director of the Stockholm International Peace...
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