ALAN SIMPSON offers a few pointers on dealing with the ongoing, Trump-led destruction of the norms of a rules-based international order established post-WWII
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We face a wave of cheap Taliban heroin
Afghanistan currently supplies 90 per cent of the world’s illegal opium — but do not expect a crackdown the new fundamentalist government: it will be ramping up production for much-needed cash, warns STEVEN WALKER
The Taliban are involved in every part of the operation, growing, cultivating and trafficking opium and heroin around the world, as well as “taxing” cultivators and drug labs and charging smugglers fees for shipments
The Morning Star publishes an edited transcript of a speech by NICOLAS MADURO GUERRA, a Venezuelan MP and son of Venezuelan President Maduro. The speech was given at the recent Voices from Venezuela event marking two months since Trump’s attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of President Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores on January 3
From the hills of the England–Wales border, our new fortnightly nature columnist MARK SEDDON reflects on rebellion, faith and the small dramas of rural life — from medieval fugitives to the quiet rescue of a bucket of tadpoles
While public outrage has focused on the abuse committed within Jeffrey Epstein’s orbit, key questions remain unresolved, says JOHN GREEN
KEITH FLETT argues that we need to stand up to those in power every single time they transgress
Gloucestershire’s phlebotomists have brought their historic strike to a close after almost a year of action, leaving a legacy of determination – and a clear lesson about the power of solidarity in the face of anti-union laws and austerity, says FBU general secretary STEVE WRIGHT
AS the US and British surrender to the Taliban and scuttle back home with their tails between their legs, they join a long list of the world’s greatest powers whose missions in Afghanistan ended in failure.
Since the days of Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan, many have sought to control the territory now known as Afghanistan.
The country has long been known as the “graveyard of empires,” evoking its reputation for thwarting the expansionist ambitions of occupiers like imperial Britain.
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