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By Patrick Harrington Modern conflicts from Ukraine to the Middle East reveal how cheap drones, covert killings and real-time propaganda are transforming the nature of war. Swarms of drones can strike tanks and ships for pennies on the pound. Targeted assassinations decapitate enemy leadership with surgical precision. Meanwhile, social media and war bloggers on Telegram … Continue reading
As Sir Keir Starmer’s government continues to pledge billions to Ukraine, British taxpayers are left wondering why their hard-earned money is being funnelled into a foreign war while pensioners shiver in cold homes, and the country’s social care system collapses. Since 2022, the UK has already spent £7.8 billion in military aid to Ukraine, with … Continue reading
THE LATEST issue of British Worker – the paper of Solidarity Trade Union – is out now! As we’ve previously noted (see our articles We Heard it on the Grapevine … of 5 October 2010 and Two Out of Four Ain’t Bad! Of 20 November 2010) it’s now produced as a street version and is … Continue reading
THE number of civilians killed or wounded in Afghanistan rose by 31 per cent in the first six months of the year. More than 1,200 civilians were killed and another 1,997 injured, the United Nations has said. These are the worst figures since the Taliban was driven out following the 9/11 attacks in 2001. The … Continue reading
The war in Iraq has cost Britain £5 billion. 176 British soldiers have been killed there. The war in Iraq costs the US £5 billion every month. They have lost 4,000 soldiers. More than 655,000 Iraqis have been killed since the occupation of Iraq, according to a report published in The Lancet last October. 1.14m … Continue reading
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