By refusing to recognise a Palestinian state and continuing to supply Israel with weapons, Meloni has provoked an uprising that is without precedent in the history of solidarity with Palestine — and it could change Italy profoundly too, writes RAMZY BAROUD
One of these things is not like the others…
There’s one paper with a difference – one that’s owned by its readers, says Morning Star campaigns manager CALVIN TUCKER. And if you’re at Labour conference why not drop by the stall for a special subscription offer?
The new angle from private firms shmoozing their way into public contracts was the much-trumpeted arrival of ‘artificial intelligence’ — and no-one seemed to have heard the numerous criticisms of this unproven miracle cure, reports SOLOMON HUGHES
With the ceasefire and peace process now firmly in place for almost a decade, Colombia’s peace court has begun issuing its first sentences against both sides over human rights violations during the armed conflict, reports NICK MACWILLIAM
As war between Iran and the West looms once more, NAVID SHOMALI sounds the alarm bell and calls on the peace movement in Britain and internationally to mobilise for action before it is too late
A day of strike action is set to be unleashed today, against tax injustice, attacks on pensions and the anti-democratic manoeuvrings of Macron, writes BILL GREENSHIELDS
Once again, working people have been betrayed with false promises about jobs in an industry that is actually making climate change worse, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
READ the one that’s different! That was the punchline to a social media meme that showed the Queen’s face splashed across the front page of every national newspaper bar the Morning Star, which led on the Tory handouts to the fuel fat cats.
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After 10 days of state-organised mourning, the theme of the Morning Star fringe meeting at Labour conference: Media Monopolies and the Assault on Democracy, could hardly be more timely and relevant.
How did we end up with a media that is so supine, so uniformly pro-big business and anti-union, that when Mick Lynch from the RMT does nothing more than politely challenge the official narrative, the TV presenters are reduced to bumbling wrecks? Perhaps more importantly, what can we do about it?
Beginning at 12pm on Tuesday in Grace Suite 2 at Liverpool’s Hilton Hotel (and livestreamed on the Morning Star Facebook page), delegates and visitors to conference will hear from a stellar panel of journalists, MPs and trade unionists, including the paper’s editor Ben Chacko, Richard Burgon MP and Unite’s Gail Cartmail.
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