SOLOMON HUGHES recommends Sunjeev Sahota’s recent novel set in a trade union election campaign for its fresh approach to what unites and divides workers, but wishes the union backdrop was truer to life
On Latin America, every US accusation is an admission
The US projects its nation’s own sins, from funding narco crime to authoritarian rule, onto its ‘back yard’ — lashing out as Latin America drifts further into the multipolar future, write FRANCISCO DOMINGUEZ and ROGER D HARRIS
US President Donald Trump walks up the stairs to board Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, February 28, 2025
Morning Star international editor ROGER McKENZIE says Trump’s ceaseless belligerence is a desperate effort to prevent the emergence of a multilateral world
Don’t dismiss Lebanon as a side theatre of this war, warns SEVIM DAGDELEN — there are signs Israel has expansion in mind, and it has demonstrated its willingness to expel and kill whole populations
The media present Starmer as staying out of Trump’s war — but we’re already deeply involved in a conflict that sees the US and Israel kill civilians on a huge scale, argues IAN SINCLAIR
LINDA PENTZ GUNTER reports on this week’s conference unveiling the findings of the Gaza Tribunal established by Jeremy Corbyn
CHRISTOPHE IMMER of the Morning Star’s German sister paper Junge Welt reports on a Berlin conference on the politics of art and the legacy of Marxist critic Hans Hess
ADMIRAL Alvin Holsey demonstrated selective outrage over the fear of multipolarity in the Western hemisphere. The Southcom commander confirmed the official US military doctrine for the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region on February 13, before the Senate armed services committee.
In a poorly disguised assertion of US hegemony, Holsey envisioned “an enduring commitment to democratic principles … to engender security, capability, democratic norms, and resilience that fuel regional peace, prosperity, and sovereignty.”
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