A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, from the RNLI Dover Lifeboat, January 31, 2024
A 50P coin celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) should prompt reflection on the human cost of Britain’s anti-refugee hysteria, a leading anti-racist said yesterday.
Stand Up to Racism’s Sabby Dhalu welcomed the Mint’s issue of the coin, which features a design by John Bergdahl celebrating the charity’s work saving lives at sea since 1824.
She pointed out that the RNLI should be defended given attacks from Conservative politicians who have accused it of pursuing “politically correct” policies and by Nigel Farage, who sneered that it was a “migrant taxi service.”
Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO reports from the start of Kunming’s Belt and Road media forum, where 200 journalists from 71 countries celebrated a new openness and optimism, forged by China’s enormous contribution to global development
Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO reports on TUC Congress discussions on how to confront the far right and rebuild the left’s appeal to workers
