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Red salute for Comrade Haylett, hero of the working-class and anti-racist struggle
MARC WADSWORTH pays tribute to retiring former Morning Star editor John Haylett, who gave invaluable assistance to the Anti-Racist Alliance
John (third from left, fist raised) at a protest in solidarity with Ukrainian Communists banned by the country's far-right government
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The president is steering Argentina toward ever-deeper dependence on US capital, while slashing budgets at home – with calamitous results for the environment and the economy. BERT SCHOUWENBURG reports
Ministers say scrapping Ofwat will toughen oversight of scandal-hit water firms. But merging environmental and economic regulation and openly courting private investors suggest the failures of privatisation are set to continue. SOLOMON HUGHES reports
The Starmer-linked group’s hiring of a lobbying firm to peddle a bogus ‘Russian hack’ smear against journalists has erupted into scandal — but outrage has surfaced only because the target was the mainstream press, says SOLOMON HUGHES
John Wojcik pays tribute to a black US activist who spent six decades at the forefront of struggles for voting rights, economic justice and peace – reshaping US politics and inspiring movements worldwide
WHEN I founded the Anti-Racist Allliance (ARA) in November 1991, my friend John Haylett acted as a mentor and champion of the cause in the labour movement.
Without his help, ARA affiliation by a clutch of unions, including the TGWU, and scores of their branches, would not have been possible.
They provided the political support, mobilisation and money that was the backbone of the ARA.
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