By Tim White Introduction: This week marks the sixtieth anniversary of one of bloodiest military coups in history, in Indonesia. To mark this important event,
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By Greg Oxley 110 years ago, in September 1915, just over a year into the horrific carnage of the First World War, twenty or so
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The UN at 80: ignored and irrelevant
By Michael Roberts (first written 23 September) The 80th edition of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 80) opened yesterday in New York. The theme this
Andy Ford completes his occasional series of articles on 80-year anniversaries of Soviet involvement in WW2 ******* On 9th August 1945 the Red Army began
By Mike Kennard When I was a child in Kent we lived next door to Reg Kerrison. Reg, with his thick Norfolk accent, was a
From the Ted Grant archive, Socialist Appeal mid-August 1945 We mark this week the eightieth anniversary of the dropping of the first atomic bombs on
As we mark the eightieth anniversary of the first dropping of an atomic bomb, Gray Allan reviews the first episode of a new Netflix series,
The latest in a series of articles by ANDY FORD on 80-year anniversaries of events in WW2 in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. **********
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The road to 1945 and the postwar Labour government
By Barbara Humphries [Editorial note: As we approach the eightieth anniversary of the formation of the Labour government in 1945, we mark the event with
By David Cartwright On 6 July 1995, 30 years ago today, the Bosnian Serb Army of Republika Skpska surged into the UN-controlled town of Srebrenica
