A landmark UN resolution led by Ghana declares the transatlantic slave trade the gravest crime against humanity — but Western opposition and abstentions reveal enduring resistance to historical accountability, write ISAAC SANEY and JAMES COUNTS EARLY
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Remembering the life of an international communist: Jimmy Jancovic 1927-2019
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The Morning Star publishes the speech by writer and editor JULIA BARD of the Jewish Socialists’ Group given at the paper’s annual conference at the weekend
JIMMY JANCOVIC, who died recently in Paris, his adopted home city, was one of that rare breed of true internationalists.
He grew up in Egypt a Jew, a communist and a supporter of the national independence movement led by Abdel Nasser.
Following the overthrow of the Egyptian monarchy and the success of the Arab nationalists, they turned against the communists and Jimmy and many of his comrades had to leave the country.
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