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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British war-hawks’ new flirtation with Taiwan is bad news
KENNY COYLE explains that the recent British-Taiwanese all-party parliamentary group visit to the contested island is part of a drive to get involved in a conflict Britain had the good sense to abandon in the 1970s
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen speaks by phone with the Czech Republic's President elect Petr Pavel in Taipei, Taiwan, Jan. 30, 2023
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
IN British colonial days, there was a derogatory term in banking circles to refer to stock traders and dealers who left the City of London and migrated to Britain’s lucrative imperial possession in China: the acronym used was “Filth” — Failed in London Try Hong Kong.
With their allies in Hong Kong hamstrung by the belated introduction of the National Security Law, which has uprooted US- and British-sponsored political groups, a British-Taiwanese all-party parliamentary group delegation led by Tory MP Bob Stewart, but also including Labour MPs, has recently visited Taiwan.
“Failed in Hong Kong try Taiwan” doesn’t make for an easy acronym but it sums up the strategy of British imperialism about China today.
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