The proxy war in Ukraine is heading to a denouement with the US and Russia dividing the spoils while the European powers stand bewildered by events they have been wilfully blind to, says KEVIN OVENDEN
‘Stop looking to government - we need to build our strength in the workplace’
As GMB conference meets in Bournemouth, its general secretary GARY SMITH speaks to the Morning Star
One can only imagine what would happen if 2.2 million Palestinian refugees were pushed into Jordan, Egypt and other Arab countries, per Trump’s proposal, writes RAMZY BAROUD
This is the most anti-migrant government in decades, argues RAVISHAAN RAHEL MUTHIAH
VICTOR GROSSMAN reports, with a little chuckle, on how US readiness to work with Russia, not just on peace for Ukraine, has thrown a spanner into the German electoral machine
SOLOMON HUGHES probes the finances of a phoney ‘charity’ pushing the free schools and academies agenda
Freedom now for former PM Mir-Hossein Mousavi and other political prisoners
VIJAY PRASHAD examines why in 2018 Washington started to take an increasingly belligerent stance towards ‘near peer rivals’ – Russa and China – with far-reaching geopolitical effects
GMB conference broke yesterday afternoon for delegates to campaign for a Labour election victory.
Though the focus of conference has been strongly industrial, multiple delegates referred to the hope a final end to Conservative rule after 14 years represents.
GMB’s general secretary, Gary Smith, stands by that despite the doubts over whether Keir Starmer’s Labour will change all that much.
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