TUC general secretary PAUL NOWAK speaks to the Morning Star’s Berny Torre about the increasing frustration the trade union movement feels at a government that promised change, but has been too slow to bring it about
The urgency of the struggle for peace in Sudan
Unity among progressive and democratic forces is vital if the war-torn nation is to emerge from the years of conflict that erupted after the still-incomplete revolution of 2018, argues RASHID ELSHEIKH
People gather to collect water in Khartoum, Sudan, May 28, 2023
DIANE ABBOTT exposes the misconceptions, rumours and downright lies perpetrated around immigration issues
With 12,000 fewer teachers since 2010 and dwindling resources, Scotland’s schools desperately need investment to support diverse learners rather than empty promises from politicians, writes ANDREA BRADLEY
Reversing outsourcing is the pre-election promise the government must honour, says Unison general secretary CHRISTINA McANEA
EMAN ABU ZAYED reminisces about the perilous time her family and neighbours endured in northern Gaza and how they were forced, in fear of their lives, to flee south
The EIS president who defended Marxist politics in the 1980s fought Thatcherite educational policies while organising Teachers for Peace rallies and ensuring Morning Star circulation in Scotland’s pit villages and factories, writes JOHN FOSTER
THE Sudanese Communists Party (SCP), since its foundation in 1946, has adopted a peaceful and democratic road to achieve the objectives of national democratic revolution in Sudan. Peace and democracy are always interlinked in its struggle and programmes.
During civil wars in Sudan (twice between South and North Sudan, the war in Darfur, the war in the eastern Sudan, and current conflict between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the SCP position was against war and for peaceful resolution and settlement through civil democratic means.
In facing the several military regimes and dictatorships, the Sudanese Communist Party always adopted peaceful means of resistance, depending on organising and mobilising the masses through demonstrations, political strikes and civil disobedience.
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