Claiming to be under arrest, president Embalo has left the country while his opponents remain in custody after a military coup a day ahead of the announcement of the final results, argues PAVAN KULKARNI
Child labour isn't a thing of the past – it props up modern colonialism across the world today
Morning Star international editor ROGER McKENZIE says the richest countries still depend on the super-exploitation of the world's children for their wealth
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The daughter of a legendary blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter has spoken out against the reactionary move, says MIKE SCHNEIDER
As the Trump administration escalates military pressure on Venezuela, a growing number of Caribbean governments are lining up behind Washington’s show of force, writes ROGER McKENZIE
On International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, HUGH LANNING warns that the US-led “Comprehensive Plan” entrenches decades of Western complicity in Israel’s domination and denial of Palestinian land and rights
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Morning Star political reporter Andrew Murray speaks to ZARAH SULTANA on the mass party of the left holding its inaugural conference this weekend
SMALL children are being forced to dig down into the ground with the most rudimentary tools until they find a seam of precious metal. Once they find that seam they then mine it and bring it to the surface in buckets or sacks.
They do all of this so that the people of the global North can continue to live in the manner to which we have become accustomed and already rich companies get even richer.
They do all of this if they are lucky enough to survive the collapse of the tiny mine shafts they have constructed. Even if they do survive with their limbs intact they are not deterred from going back to the mine because they have no choice.
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