Speakers in Berlin traced how Germany’s rearmament, US-led violence abroad and the repression of solidarity at home are converging in a dangerous drive toward war. BEN CHACKO reports
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Women must be at the heart of the class struggle
The Star publishes an adapted political statement for the CPB women’s commission by SONYA ANDERMAHR, who argues that the stakes have seldom been higher for women, amid the fightback against the cost-of-living crisis and the defence of their sex-based rights
URGENCY: People in Parliament Square, London, take part in the People’s Assembly nationwide protest about cost of living crisis, February, 2022
Ahead of an important CND webinar, ULRIKE EIFLER argues that militarisation is not only draining social budgets — it is reshaping everyday life, preparing society for war and demanding a socialist response rooted in the labour movement
ALEX GORDON outlines the real battle for workers in Britain and Europe, to break the state capture by arms firms and the new finance-technology capitalists
As Holyrood sets the Budget, the gulf between rich and poor is wider than ever. PETER OLECH of Unite Community Scotland argues that only by taxing extreme wealth can we properly fund public services and deliver justice for working-class communities
Israel’s recognition of Somaliland has little to do with self-determination and far more to do with strategy, offering Israel a potential military foothold near Yemen, says JE ROSENBERG
Statement of the Tudeh Party of Iran
THE “cost-of-living crisis,” which is actually a crisis of capitalism, is getting worse by the day. The Morning Star recently reported that “workers are living in a nightmare.”
Inflation is running at over 10 per cent, with many basic food items rising by much more and energy bills expected to exceed £5,000 by the new year.
Yet the wages and benefits of working-class people have fallen in real terms and as many as four out of 10 households are expected to be unable to pay their bills as the year goes on.
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Despite progress made on the shoulders of radical women from the past, the gendered impact of austerity and the cost-of-living crisis requires bold action from Labour to address inequality, says REBECCA LONG-BAILEY MP