ALAN SIMPSON offers a few pointers on dealing with the ongoing, Trump-led destruction of the norms of a rules-based international order established post-WWII
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Tory laissez-faire approach means more poverty and misery
The government is not even pretending to have an answer to the dire situation most of us face. Workers can’t wait for it to tackle the deepening cost-of-living crisis – we have to take action ourselves, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Resisting the new cost-of-living crisis will mean supporting anti-austerity demonstrations once more
The Morning Star publishes an edited transcript of a speech by NICOLAS MADURO GUERRA, a Venezuelan MP and son of Venezuelan President Maduro. The speech was given at the recent Voices from Venezuela event marking two months since Trump’s attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of President Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores on January 3
From the hills of the England–Wales border, our new fortnightly nature columnist MARK SEDDON reflects on rebellion, faith and the small dramas of rural life — from medieval fugitives to the quiet rescue of a bucket of tadpoles
While public outrage has focused on the abuse committed within Jeffrey Epstein’s orbit, key questions remain unresolved, says JOHN GREEN
KEITH FLETT argues that we need to stand up to those in power every single time they transgress
Gloucestershire’s phlebotomists have brought their historic strike to a close after almost a year of action, leaving a legacy of determination – and a clear lesson about the power of solidarity in the face of anti-union laws and austerity, says FBU general secretary STEVE WRIGHT
REPORTS this week — a fortnight before the Chancellor is due to give his Spring Statement — confirmed that households in Britain are set to suffer the worst overall decline in living standards for nearly 50 years.
Yet what is noticeable from the Tories is a complete lack of urgency when it comes to tackling the drastic and deepening cost-of-living crisis.
Millions of people face rocketing fuel bills, tax hikes and rising food prices, yet the Tories do nothing, showing that deepening poverty and insecurity are — as usual — not as important to the Tories as ensuring bigger private profits for their corporate billionaire backers.
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