ANSELM ELDERGILL looks at the legality of the wars in the Middle East and the means used to fight them. It is said that truth is the first casualty of war, so what is the truth with regard to the legality of America’s and Israel’s wars in Iran, Palestine and Lebanon?
The Labour Party’s unjust attacks on its own members must be resisted
‘It’s time now for people to stand up and be counted’ – expelled Yorkshire activist MARTIN MAYER talks to Morning Star northern reporter Peter Lazenby
Martin Mayer was expelled for a retroactive ‘offence’
Long before modern labour movements, England’s farmworkers fought back against their oppression – and for some, like Elizabeth Studham, the price was exile to Australia. MAT COWARD tells the story
As world leaders posture and local politicians bore, voters are left with a grim choice: despair, disengage — or start imagining something better, says MATT KERR
CARLOS MARTINEZ reports on China’s role in helping Cuba develop self-sufficiency in renewable energy, which would shield it from the sort of pain Donald Trump is inflicting with his oil blockade
JAYNE FISHER on why the government’s latest amendments to the Crime & Policing Bill, which returns to the Commons on Tuesday, is a serious threat to our freedoms
A surge in futures activity minutes before news of US–Iran talks has led to questions about insider trading and oversight gaps, writes CJ ATKINS
MARTIN MAYER has been a labour and trade union activist all his adult life.
He’s been a Labour Party member for 41 years — or was. On November 16 he was expelled from the Labour Party for a retrospective breach of rules — breaking a rule before it existed.
In 2018 he spoke as invited guest at a meeting of Labour Against the Witch Hunt, an organisation campaigning against wrongful allegations against party members, including those of anti-semitism levelled at Jeremy Corbyn.
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