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The attacks on black academics are well-funded and relentless, writes DIANE ABBOTT, and they need to be fearlessly resisted by all concerned
The Morning Star hits the road
Editor RICHARD BAGLEY reports back from his whistlestop tour round Britain where he met and heard feedback from readers at five People’s Press AGMs
Extreme hot weather resulting from environmental change needs to be tackled through greater firefighting investment instead of fewer jobs and less resources, writes COLIN BROWN
There are many intricate details about the new Saudi, Turkish and Pakistani alliance we do not yet know, suggests ROGER McKENZIE, but its impact could be considerable
Holyrood incompetence has cost jobs and put the future of Clydeside’s Ferguson Marine shipyard into jeopardy. Its future should have been assured, argues KENNY MACASKILL
Hot and dry conditions are threatening British species unequipped for drought, explains PAUL ASHTON
The Baltic state is set to reverse its constitutional prohibition on nuclear weapons and foreign bases as part of accelerated Nato war preparations, warns TOM UNTERRAINER
THERE’S no other newspaper quite like the Morning Star. Not just for its unique position as the world’s only socialist English-language daily, backing trade union, activist and policy struggles that put people first day in, day out.
It’s also a member of Co-operatives UK, the umbrella organisation that brings together around 6,000 co-ops across Britain.
In fact many remain ignorant, or wilfully overlook, the fact that while the Morning Star’s editorial line may be guided via an annual democratic endorsement of Communist Party of Britain strategy document Britain’s Road to Socialism — an argument for a popular trade-union-centred alliance to challenge economic rule by big business, global finance and their Establishment backers — the paper is in fact a co-op owned by its readers for its readers.
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