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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The Tories are whipping up racism to disguise catastrophic Covid failings
SABBY DHALU picks apart a centuries-old narrative that scapegoats BAME and refugee communities
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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
MAINSTREAM media headlines over the last week lead us to believe that the biggest crisis in Britain is that 900 people want to seek asylum here.
It would be nice if this was the case. It is easily resolved by simply allowing people to apply for asylum in Britain. A smaller and much poorer country like Lebanon which is the size of Cornwall, and currently gripped by a humanitarian and political crisis, has a population of 5.9 million people, and 1.5 million of them are refugees.
Lebanon hosts the largest number of refugees per capita, amounting to 25 per cent of its population and equivalent to Britain welcoming over 16 million refugees. Let that sink in.
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