Labour’s war on the poor | Communist Radio #16

Desperate to maintain Britain’s relevance, successive governments have pledged to ramp up military spending – a promise that British capitalism cannot afford. The Iran war is now exposing that Britain has no independent military role to play on the world stage.

Ehsan Ali, leader of the Awami Action Committee – Gilgit Baltistan, has once again been arrested – a preemptive move by the Pakistani state to thwart mass movements against energy prices and the war on Iran. We appeal to our readers: help us free our comrade!

Here, we respond to a reader from Edinburgh who asks: Why hasn’t the response to the bombing of Iran been as big as the response to the genocide in Gaza? Plus: reports from Iran solidarity protests, Greek seafarer protests, and more.