Trump’s escalation against Venezuela is about more than oil, it is about regaining control over the ‘natural’ zone of influence of the United States at a moment where its hegemony is slipping, argues VIJAY PRASHAD
Back to the future for Britain and the EU?
Amid shortages of certain foodstuffs, voices have been raised that a return to the EU might be desirable. BERT SCHOUWENBURG warns that the policies of the European suprastate are no panacea for Britain’s problems
Evidence suggests Lammy’s proposals would come at a high cost: reduced fairness, diminished trust and greater racial inequality in the criminal justice system, argue TARA LAI QUINLAN and KATHARINA KARCHER
From the workhouses of the 1840s to today’s market capitalism, A Christmas Carol remains a sharp critique of charity rationed by class, says KEITH FLETT
The argument for a “significant expansion” of nuclear power will deliver soaring electricity prices that condemn underserved communities to unending hardship and poverty, argues LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
The new plan sets out an uncompromising bid for global dominance, casting even allies as obstacles to be subdued, writes DIANE ABBOTT
As we approach the half-anniversary of the Grenfell tragedy, the community gathers to remember loved ones while grappling with mixed emotions surrounding the ongoing deconstruction of the tower and the hopeful plans for a memorial, writes EMMA DENT COAD
LONG queues of coaches and cars trying to get onto Dover ferries and television pictures of empty shelves in British supermarkets have prompted renewed calls for Britain to rejoin the European Union.
Social media has been full of messages from enraged consumers blaming Brexit for their inability to buy tomatoes and cucumbers that are usually readily available all year round and heaping ridicule on the hapless Secretary of State for Environment, Therese Coffey for suggesting that they eat turnips instead.
Turnips aside, the claim that Brexit is responsible for the shortages is difficult to sustain. As stated in a previous issue of the Star, the principal reason for the paucity of fresh produce is British farmers’ understandable reluctance to grow crops at a loss, because of soaring energy bills combined with the supermarkets’ refusal to buy from them at a price that would at least cover their costs.
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