Solidarity 765, 15 April 2026

• Israël hors du Liban • Pour une république laïque et le pouvoir des travailleurs en Iran

The current war is a reactionary conflict between anti-worker, anti-human regimes. For workers war brings only greater suffering, poverty, displacement, and destruction. When steel industries, refineries, and key factories are destroyed, it means mass unemployment, the killing of workers, the economic collapse of working-class families, and the destruction of livelihoods. Workers demand an immediate end to the war, the prosecution of those responsible for killing civilians, children, and protesters, the overthrow of the Islamic Republic — The Haft Tappeh workers’ union, Iran, 5 April As...

Workers oppose reactionary wars—wars fought in the interests of states and reactionary classes that bring no benefit to ordinary people or the working class. The current war is of this kind: a reactionary conflict between reactionary, anti-worker, and anti-human regimes.

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For nearly six weeks, our government has dragged all of us into a futile war, pushing escalation further every single day. Millions of people have sought shelter from missiles, many without proper protection, families have fled their homes, and brought their lives to a halt, while thousands of people across the region were killed, homes destroyed, lives shattered, entire families wiped out.

Land ownership in the UK is among the most unequal in the industrialised world, yet this is seldom reported. Even more rarely, in England at least, is it made a matter for political debate. Scotland stands out from other parts of the UK in that land ownership is even more concentrated (around 40% of its rural land held by just 421 landowners). There, landownership has been a major public issue in Scotland for generations, tied to cultural identity, rural survival, and debates about power and democracy. Wales and Northern Ireland lack the kind of detailed land data seen in Scotland, but...