The media present Starmer as staying out of Trump’s war — but we’re already deeply involved in a conflict that sees the US and Israel kill civilians on a huge scale, argues IAN SINCLAIR
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Politicians deliberately provoking language sets off race riots
SOLOMON HUGHES points at the Establishment as the inspirers of recent race riots and explains why Brits have a blinkered view of US politics
GETTING THE MESSAGE ACROSS: (L to R) Tim Walz speaks during the Democratic National Convention yesterday; Demonstrators during an anti-racism protest organised by Stand Up to Racism in Cardiff on August 10 2024
Morning Star international editor ROGER McKENZIE says Trump’s ceaseless belligerence is a desperate effort to prevent the emergence of a multilateral world
RAMZY BAROUD looks at how Western media are being forced to kowtow to the Establishment’s war narratives
MARC VANDEPITTE says AI is driving the pace of destruction to unprecedented speed
ADRIAN WEIR looks at the positives and negatives in the Employment Rights Act as delivered, and explains why the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom and Strike Map are rallying for a second Bill this weekend
The public recognise the corrosive influence of the rich over our democracy, argues MIKE COWLEY — it’s a shame the Labour Party doesn’t
IN 1978 Margaret Thatcher said non-white migration meant voters are “afraid that this country might be rather swamped by people with a different culture.”
The fascist National Front was growing. Thatcher was accused of trying to win their votes by using their language. Labour general secretary Ron Hayward said Thatcher used “National Front talk” and was “fighting dirty” on race in the upcoming election.
In the last round of fascist-led riots, this process worked in reverse: instead of mainstream parties opportunistically borrowing far-right language, the racist rioters used slogans written by the mainstream parties.
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