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A triple victory in Tripoli

By Peter Jukes

By Peter Jukes As I suggested in my piece on Labourlist six months ago, we all have a tendency to fight the previous war. Just as the 'quagmire' of Vietnam led to reluctance to intervene in Bosnia (at the cost of hundreds of thousands of…

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Cheering People Dying? Or Spring Movements?

By Peter Jukes

By Peter Jukes It's a fair point. As the sound of anti-aircraft fire combined with the distant crumps of explosions disturb the Libyan night, it's a fair point: are we celebrating death? Are we cheering on exactly the same kind of…

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Obama and Islamophobia

By Peter Jukes

By Peter Jukes Last Friday, in one of the bravest speeches of his Presidency, Barack Obama took on the growing tide of Islamophobia in the US in an address at an Itfar to celebrate the beginning of Ramadan - a tradition in the White House…

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