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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Greens, vaccines and military manoeuvres
VICTOR GROSSMAN considers what a Green Party advance means in an increasingly militarised and aggressive Germany — and what would the real left might do
Polish infantry at Justice Sword 21 exercise in Romania, last Tuesday, part of Defender 2
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 RECENT months the air in Germany has been overfull. But the fog, thick as in old London, was not humid but political.
The thickest was Covid fog. How many new cases? How many deaths? Who could go out, when, in what size groups and till what hour? Which state wanted tougher restrictions and which wanted easier ones?
Whether decisions should be by the federal cabinet, the Bundestag legislature or every state for itself, which vaccine was 100 per cent safe, which might not be and why? When house doctors could vaccinate and how soon they’d get enough vaccine for which age and patient group?
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