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Roger McKenzie
Ceasefire is only way to help all war-stricken civilians, warn agencies
Governments must ‘take decisive action, demand an immediate and permanent ceasefire,’ an end Israel's siege and the restoration of UN-led humanitarian missions, over 100 aid groups says
Over 30 nations to gather in Colombia to bring a halt to the genocide in Gaza
New UN report accuses 60 major tech companies and executives of profiteering from Israel’s ‘replacement’ of Palestinians
We are being dragged into not just a war, but a potentially nuclear war
Peace campaigners demand Britain and US stop enabling Israel's ‘insatiable killing’
Thousands take to the streets in massive show of opposition to Labour cuts
Barely 100 trucks enter as bombs kill another 60
Israel continues to pound Gaza as activists call for a public inquiry into Britain’s role
From the TUC Race Relations Committee to national union treasurers, a new generation of formidable black women leaders are breaking barriers and transforming the movement through uncompromising politics, writes ROGER McKENZIE
ROGER McKENZIE writes about late boxing legend Foreman’s legacy, from his part in Rumble in the Jungle to becoming world heavyweight champion at 45
The Guyanese scholar’s groundbreaking work revealed how Europe deliberately underdeveloped Africa while using its resources and people to fuel Western capitalism, writes ROGER MCKENZIE
China’s huge growth and trade success have driven the expansion of the Brics alliance — now is a good time for the global South to rediscover 1955’s historic Bandung conference, and learn its lessons, writes ROGER McKENZIE
The revolutions in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso against the old colonial powers are seldom understood in terms of Africans’ own agency and their rejection of the imperialist humiliation thrust upon them, writes ROGER McKENZIE
From Zimbabwe’s provinces to Mali’s streets, nations are casting off colonial labels in their quest for true independence and dignity in a revival of the pan-African spirit, writes ROGER McKENZIE
Challenging critics of the Sandinista government, the young Nicaraguan union leader FLAVIA OCAMPO speaks to Roger McKenzie about the nation’s progressive health system and how trade unions have been at the centre of social progress
ROGER McKENZIE argues that facing Trump’s victory and global crises requires looking beyond failed Western organising models to successful resistance movements in the developing world
With the recent meeting in Kazan providing a glimpse of freedom for the global South, we must develop local, regional and international networks that can apply meaningful pressure on those who could steer this new grouping awry, writes ROGER McKENZIE
ROGER McKENZIE argues that Black History Month has been sanitised, losing its original purpose of empowering black people through knowledge of their history and struggles to actually go out and fight the battles of today
ROGER McKENZIE reports on how peace activists in Britain are uniting diverse struggles against war, climate change and racism to build a powerful force for global justice in an era of deepening conflict
ROGER McKENZIE pays heartfelt tribute to the legendary trade unionist who championed black workers while forging powerful alliances across colour lines, reshaping the US labour movement
New alliances like Brics are forging a multilateral world as the global South nations assert their true independence after almost a century of nominal sovereignty under the reality of crushing economic servitude, writes ROGER McKENZIE
ROGER McKENZIE explores how the political economist’s work on geopolitical economics and involvement with the International Manifesto Group offer crucial insights into global power shifts as US hegemony fades
Having black capitalist politicians in leadership positions shows that capitalism is able to accommodate racial diversity, writes ROGER McKENZIE — but if the world still starves and burns, so what?
ROGER MCKENZIE uncovers a history of extremist violence ignored by Western media, contextualising the security measures which have been seized on to allege ‘a genocide’ is being carried out by China
As the last of his family’s Windrush elders pass away, ROGER McKENZIE reflects on migration, courage and the ongoing struggle against racism in Britain, from the Rwanda plan to ‘stop the boats’
From China, ROGER McKENZIE witnesses a place where Islamic culture thrives and economic development powers China’s westward expansion — a reality obscured by Western propaganda
During the height of McCarthyist repression in the US, black rights legends Paul Robeson and Louis Burnham launched a publication that drew the anti-imperialist connections that others feared to make, writes ROGER McKENZIE
The award-winning documentary on British anti-apartheid heroes has already sparked passionate discussions — now trade unions and progressives must integrate it into training and education courses, argues ROGER McKENZIE
As African and Asian activists pushed back against racism in workplaces and politics in the ’70s and ’80s, eventually trade unions and political parties reluctantly opened their doors to self-organised groups, writes ROGER McKENZIE
In the second in a four-part serialisation of his new book, African Uhuru, ROGER McKENZIE outlines the organised resistance to a surge of racism against black workers in law and in the unions as they returned from the war
In grim replaying of colonial plunder, the UAE is arming both sides in Sudan’s civil war that broke out in April 2023, paying itself handsomely from the nation’s gold reserves, reports ROGER McKENZIE
The professional and modern ‘movement incubator for working-class and marginalised communities’ in a smart building in New York’s Midtown is a shining example of what we should aspire to build in Britain, writes ROGER McKENZIE
While recognising that Africans must chart their own course for the future, we must not fall into the trap of believing that throwing the French and United States out of the region will mean the people will automatically benefit, cautions ROGER McKENZIE
While critics struggle desperately to dismiss or explain away China’s rapid and sustained growth, Beijing’s approach of mutual respect and interdependence is inspiring nations to break free from colonial shackles, writes ROGER McKENZIE
What is so galling about this body that has the potential to deliver global justice on a fairly egalitarian basis, is that it generally identifies what should be done — then cannot do it because the US is all-powerful, writes ROGER McKENZIE
An encounter with a cabbie has ROGER McKENZIE reflecting on the remarkable history of a great African nation and the importance of migrants and their skills for our beloved NHS
Racism in Britain has been forced to become more subtle over the years — but it certainly hasn't been watching the treatment of Diane Abbott this last week. Her experience is, sadly, familiar to many of us, writes ROGER McKENZIE
In 2022 alone, a staggering $800 billion was spent on the military, with 40 per cent funnelling into the coffers of a tiny number of major arms manufacturers — meanwhile, the country crumbles, writes ROGER McKENZIE
From the arbitrary lines drawn with a ruler on the map of Africa to arbitrary regional terms like ‘the Middle East,’ we need to reject names picked for us — including the new clumsy ethnic labels, writes ROGER McKENZIE
From the Congo to Sudan conflicts are raging — as leftists, our job has to be not just calling for peace, but identifying the malign outside forces and wider geopolitical interests fuelling the slaughter, writes ROGER McKENZIE
For all the talk of the rise of the developing world and the decline of the West’s malignant power over it, we still haven’t seen a ‘can’t pay, won’t pay’ rebellion over ballooning Third World debt, writes ROGER McKENZIE
The proud history of black and white unity in the Communist Party over the last century has laid the ground to develop the progressive policies we need today, writes ROGER MCKENZIE
To withdraw into cold geopolitical analysis is unforgivable — there is nothing inevitable about the massacre being carried out against the Palestinians and our calls for peace matter, writes ROGER McKENZIE
Speaking to the Star’s Roger McKenzie, BELL RIBEIRO-ADDY MP talks about the growing campaign for reparations that now has cross-party support from several Members of Parliament
Forced and unpaid labour are spreading across the globe, from the garment trade to cleaning to construction — we need to stop turning a blind eye, writes ROGER McKENZIE
These rich islands still have close political and economic relationships with the nations that enslaved them — is it any wonder truly independent nations in Africa are considered for Brics first, asks ROGER McKENZIE
Two Chilean refugees, JUANI COLQUE and SYLVIA VELASQUEZ, tell Roger McKenzie how they experienced the US-backed coup on September 11 1973 that installed the brutal dictator Augusto Pinochet
ROGER McKENZIE recalls a formative experience for black Britain, watching the West Indies beat England half a century ago — and the ‘explosive’ situation that led to fans drinking on the pitch with the players
After abolition in 1883, the famous family received the largest payout of all from the Slave Compensation Commission — now the process needs to be reversed, argues ROGER McKENZIE
Direct colonial rule may have ended in the last century — but how did anyone expect the rampant appropriation of Africa’s resources by the West to continue unchallenged, asks ROGER McKENZIE
Returning from Nicaragua, ROGER McKENZIE asks why many progressives in the West feel qualified to denounce the Nicaraguan movement that is in a daily struggle against US imperialism
The ecological crisis caused is already hitting the global South harder than the regions where the capitalists responsible live — anyone disrupting ‘business as usual’ should be applauded, writes ROGER McKENZIE
Representing a combined membership of around 25 million workers and women in India, the two leaders spoke to ROGER McKENZIE about how all organising must begin face to face at the grassroots
ROGER McKENZIE explains how the Windrush scandal is rooted in a long history of legal and social opposition to black people living in Britain, but each time, political organisation has beaten racism
While an astonishing proportion of the world is impoverished, the already unimaginably wealthy keep getting richer. Bold and decisive action is needed, says ROGER McKENZIE
If the situation for citizens of the West’s most powerful nation was not bad enough, consider what this global bully does to maintain its interests across the planet, writes ROGER McKENZIE
The small number of huge companies that control most of the food market are artificially increasing prices even though the spike in cost due to the war in Ukraine is now long over, explains ROGER McKENZIE
Cricket was a source of anti-colonial and ethnic pride for many young black men like me growing up — so long as we stuck to an 'anyone but England' stance, writes ROGER McKENZIE
From slavery to colonialism to the modern era of ‘full-spectrum dominance,’ the West has never released its grip on the continent or its people, writes ROGER McKENZIE
The 1960 murder of black protesters was a turning point in the awareness of racism globally, but today in South Africa, we are allowing it to be remembered simply as Human Rights Day, TSOANA NHLAPO tells Roger McKenzie
National co-ordinator of the youth section of the Communist Party of France ASSAN LAKEHOUL speaks to the Morning Star's Roger McKenzie about the priorities of his organisation and the background to the intense class clashes taking place on the streets
The most maddening aspect of watching the party leadership ignore the Forde report is the frenzied zeal with which the same clique pursued the anti-semitism scandal — all for factional purposes, not justice, writes ROGER McKENZIE
The non-alignment and the South-South co-operation that started at Bandung has never been about shutting others out, but allowing the global majority to develop its own path, free of exploitation and interference, writes ROGER McKENZIE
Recommending a new book that looks at what British unions can learn from outside of Europe and the US, ROGER McKENZIE advises against 'one-size-fits-all' approaches to workplace organising
The TUC Anti-Racism Taskforce promises a renewed campaign that will ‘listen to black workers’ — this is good, but many of the suggestions and proposals have been waiting to be enacted for decades, writes ROGER McKENZIE