Tag: human-rights
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On The Detention Of George Galloway
The Workers Movement Must Fight For Democratic Rights The recent detention of Workers Party leader George Galloway (together with his wife) upon his return to the UK via Gatwick Airport has ignited a fierce debate about the state of free speech in Britain. While officially released without charge, his temporary hold under Schedule 7 of…
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Two Decades and $90 Billion US Dollars Later

Dissecting the Afghan Militaries Total Collapse. Repost from MintPressNews In February, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) published an extensive investigation into the spectacular collapse of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces’ (ANDSF), which the U.S. spent two decades and $90 billion building. In common with previous SIGAR reports, it offers a remarkably uncompromising, no-punches-pulled…

