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Alvaro Uribe is found guilty of witness tampering and procedural fraud, reports NICK MACWILLIAM
Austerity is a political choice not an economic necessity
The Tory government is sticking to plans for more austerity, no matter what the economic or human consequences, writes Ken Livingstone
On the anniversary of the implementation of the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act, ROGER McKENZIE warns that the legacy of black enslavement still looms in the Caribbean and beyond
Starmer’s decision to recognise Palestine only as long as Israel continues to massacre its inhabitants has been met with outrage, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
The creative imagination is a weapon against barbarism, writes KENNY COYLE, who is a keynote speaker at the Manifesto Press conference, Art in the Age of Degenerative Capitalism, tomorrow at the Marx Memorial Library & Workers School in London
RAMZY BAROUD explains why the world can no longer ignore Palestine
Starmer’s decision to suspend Diane Abbott yet again demonstrates a determination to maintain and propagate a hierarchy of racism, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
Since my last Morning Star column, a leading think tank has forecast a £25 billion hole in the public finances by the end of the current parliament.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) report says that lower growth forecasts and higher inflation will leave government tax receipts £31bn worse off in 2019-2020 — turning a forecast surplus of £14.9bn into a deficit of £10.4bn.
Additionally, an internal briefing document showing that the government is “unlikely to bring deficit reduction entirely back on track” was mistakenly posted online.
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