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Kabul – a catastrophe 20 years in the making
Stop the War Coalition convener LINDSEY GERMAN assesses the humiliating end to 20 years of the US-led war on Afghanistan
Fleeing Afghans alongside a US troop carrier that took off with some clinging to it – among them several fell to their deaths
In the wake of Ann Widdecombe’s murder, JOHN GREEN wonders whether the government will really get to grips with the root cause of these attacks on our MPs
The new PM’s opening addresses offered hope, council homes and reform — but little detail on how any of it will be delivered, warns CLAUDIA WEBBE
Despite the screeching from the right-wing media, Burnham’s speech chimed with the public mood - and socialists should take advantage, says Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO
Scotland's Labour leader cannot continue to evade responsibility for the party's decline, argues LAUREN HARPER
Nature as well as society works dialectically, asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
THIS was a defeat 20 years in the making. The invasion and occupation of Afghanistan was never going to succeed in its stated aims of eradicating the threat of terrorism and building a peaceful and prosperous society.
Instead, as the nascent Stop the War movement argued at the time, the war would make the threat of terrorism worse. It would not improve the lives of millions of Afghans. It would be seen as an imperialist adventure and would be opposed by large numbers of the population.
The validity of all these points have been demonstrated in the past weeks, as the Taliban has routed its opponents time and again and is now set to form a government.
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