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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Beijing to Bedford fundraiser for multiple sclerosis charity
Our Friday Ramblings columnist PETER FROST tells us about a mum and daughter making a epic green rail journey for charity
Bedford and Northampton MS Therapy Centre
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
Regular readers of my Ramblings in Friday’s Morning Star will have already met my granddaughter Lizzie. She has penned a couple of Star articles herself and is a great source of ideas for environmental articles as well as sometimes being my sternest critic.
Lizzie (21), who I have always described as to the left of Rosa Luxemburg and Greener than David Attenborough, has already packed a lot of political and environmental campaigning into her life.
She won a UN essay competition visiting Auschwitz to become a Holocaust ambassador. She was elected to the RSPB’s Young Members’ Forum and in the 2016 general election she became the youngest ever paid employee of the Labour Party.
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