The massacre of Red Crescent and civil defence aid workers has elicited little coverage and no condemnation by major powers — this is the age of lawlessness, warns JOE GILL
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Authoritarianism deepens as liberals delude themselves
There has been no 'victory over populism' and a return to '90s style corporate stability in Europe or the US: callous hard-right politics is growing and any respite is purely in the minds of an out-of-touch neoliberal establishment, warns KEVIN OVENDEN
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Public libraries are sanctuaries which facilitate the exploration of the universe of ideas for free for those curious enough. ROGER McKENZIE advocates their protection against authoritarian incursions, US style
Trump’s recent executive order ends union rights for a large number of federal workers, citing national security concerns after some unions vowed to oppose the massive cuts proposed by the new administration, writes PEOPLE’S DISPATCH
JOE BESWICK of the London Renters Union talks to the Morning Star’s new Left on Record programme
The unnecessarily violent police intervention at a Quaker place of worship is a PR disaster and will only serve to deepen the chasm between them and the public. SYMON HILL reports
ANDREW MURRAY wonders whether recent opinion polling and a fresh local authority by-election result in Ilford are an indication that the time is ripe for the left to make inroads
Due to the actions of this government, the challenges facing those with disabilities, such as spinal cord injuries, are nigh on insurmountable, argus RUTH HUNT
WITH trade talks between Britain and the EU going down to the wire, there were sighs of relief in European capitals on Thursday that a second crisis had been averted.
In fact, the deal struck with the Polish and Hungarian governments not to veto the bloc’s budget and recovery fund for next year has kicked the can down the road in typical EU fashion.
The two hard-right regimes secured a political agreement that weakens a legal mechanism to halt disbursement of those funds to states deemed by the European Commission to be in breach of the EU’s version of the “rule of law.”
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