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
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Morning Star campaigns manager CALVIN TUCKER encourages friends and comrades at Tolpuddle and beyond to be sure to subscribe to the people’s paper
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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
IF YOU’RE reading this column in the village of Tolpuddle in Dorset, the chances are you’ve picked up one of the thousands of Morning Stars we’ve handed out for free at this great celebration of trade union struggle.
The Tolpuddle Martyrs were transported to Australia in 1834, almost 100 years before the first edition of the Morning Star’s predecessor the Daily Worker rolled off the printing presses.
But if we had been publishing at the time, I have no doubt that our headline would have been the defiant rallying cry of George Loveless: “We raise the watchword, liberty. We will, we will, we will be free!”
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