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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Zelensky, the Azov Battalion and the Greek parliament
The Ukrainian president’s decision to platform the far-right military force backfired dramatically in a country where memories of Golden Dawn are still fresh and the public are questioning the motives of those involved in geopolitical power play, says KEVIN OVENDEN
Zelensky Greek parliament newspaper insert
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
THE virtual speaking tour of European parliaments by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky is drawing to a close and caused a diplomatic crisis this week with his addresses to the Greek and Cypriot parliaments.
The right-wing Greek government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis thought it had choreographed an occasion in which the Nato member with ambitions of regional domination in the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean would be able to project itself as a big player in the Ukraine crisis. He pre-announced Greece would take reports of Russian atrocities in Ukraine to the International Criminal Court.
But Mitsotakis’s and Zelensky’s media opportunity backfired spectacularly. His video address cut away in the middle to broadcast two members of the Azov Battalion, founded as a neonazi milititia in 2014 and still riddled with fascist ideology and personnel after it was incorporated intact as a part of the Ukrainian armed forces.
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