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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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
ROGER McKENZIE shines a light on conflicts in Sudan and Nigeria, where Western powers are intent on laying claim to valuable resources necessary for market dominance
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
RIDDLE me this: When is a memorial unveiling not a memorial unveiling?
Answer: When it’s a crassly cynical propaganda exercise which sneers at democratic principles and thumbs its nose at international law.
That was exactly the case this week when the new edifice purporting to pay tribute to those British soldiers and civilians killed by political cowardice and imperialist adventurism in Afghanistan and Iraq was revealed at a lavish ceremony in London.
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