RAMZY BAROUD and ROMANA RUBEO analyse how the US has consistently negotiated in bad faith to secure the element of surprise in military attack
MAY 1 is an important date for trade unions. For us it marks International Workers’ Day. It is time to reflect on the sacrifice many made to get us to this point and also to consider the challenges we face today.
It was the 1886 Haymarket Affair that led to many in the workers movement adopting May Day as their own. That workers’ uprising took place in Chicago at the climax of what is now called the Great Upheaval.
Workers were regularly being killed for standing up to the powers that be. That was a different time, but then like now, the underlying tension was caused by cuts to pay — real-terms cuts to the living standards of workers.
The electorate see no evidence of the government’s promises of change, and the good jobs and decent pay that people are crying out for. Bold action is needed right now, warns SHARON GRAHAM
In his May Day message for the Morning Star, RICHARD BURGON says the call for peace, equality and socialism has never been more relevant



