The death of almost 300 innocent men, women and children on a Malaysian airline flight has shocked the world. Flight MH17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was travelling over the conflict-hit region when it disappeared from radar. Alan Woods analyses the hypocrytical response of the media and the politicians to these events

Last week, the Israeli army embarked on a ground offensive into Gaza. Whilst hundreds of Palestinians die at the hands of the Israeli state’s criminal attacks, the imperialists continue to offer their support to Israeli’s “proportionate actions to defend itself”. Fred Weston analyses the cynicism and hypocrisy of the Israeli government and of the international bourgeois media and politicians.

We publish here a draft document to be discussed at this year’s World Congress of the International Marxist Tendency. Written earlier this month, before the recent recapture of Slovyansk by the Kiev government, the document explains the origins and processes behind the current war and crisis in Ukraine, as well as outlining the tasks of the Marxists internationally.