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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Iran and the US in make-or-break negotiation in Vienna
Palais Coburg, where closed-door nuclear talks take place in Vienna, Austria, Dec. 17, 2021. Iran is insisting that the United States and its allies promise to allow Tehran to export its crude as negotiations on restoring the tattered nuclear deal are to
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
SINCE early December 2021, Vienna has been host to high-level negotiations between the Islamic Republic of Iran, the US, Britain, France, Russia, China and the EU, in an effort to avert a devastating new war in the Middle East.
The negotiations to revive the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) began last April but halted at the sixth round in June due to the presidential elections in Iran and the subsequent change of administration.
Iran has opposed the official participation of the US delegation — headed by Joe Biden’s special envoy on Iran, Robert Malley — in the negotiations, though it essentially wants the immediate removal of crippling US sanctions.
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