Israel’s genocide in Gaza persists, while the war in Ukraine continues with no negotiated settlement in sight. As Europe rearms and Britain expands its nuclear capabilities, CAROL TURNER reviews the alternatives
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Hands Off Venezuela – No Blood for Oil
GFTU general secretary and Venezuela Solidarity Campaign vice-chair DOUG NICHOLLS’S Speech to the Venezuela Solidarity Rally
Sea of flags: Supporters of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro rally in Caracas on Saturday
The global left must be unwavering in it is support for Venezuela as Washington increases its aggression, and clear-eyed about the West’s cynical motives for targeting it, says CLAUDIA WEBBE
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The Morning Star publishes the Communist Party of Britain's 58th congress address by general secretary ROBERT GRIFFITHS, delivered on November 15 2025
In part III of a serialisation of his new book, JOHN McINALLY tells the extraordinary story of the attempts by ‘moderates’ to prevent leftwinger Mark Serwotka from taking the leadership of the then-newly formed PCS union
JOHN ELLISON takes a look at Sir Keir Starmer’s track record of duplicity and betrayal since taking the Labour leadership role, as highlighted in a new book, The Fraud, by Paul Holden
Thanks to the resilience of the Venezuelan people and the brilliance of their Foreign Ministry we are in good company tonight. The US attempt to get support for their position in the United Nations Security Council has failed by 19 votes to 16. Caribbean countries in CARICON are supporting Venezuela as are many others. Even the Lima Group not so long ago sabre rattling is no longer as keen on military intervention, it appears that Colombia has now refused to based 5,000 US troops and the people of Brazil are maintaining pressure on Bolsonaro not to assist the coup.
It’s fashionable to appoint yourself without a mandate to high office, even to be a President these days, so I thought I would appoint myself as official returning officer of a number of international elections.
Here are the results. The first figure I will give is for the percentage of votes cast the second for the percentage of registered votes.
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