After years hidden away, Oldham’s memorial to six local volunteers who died fighting fascism in the Spanish civil war has been restored to public view, marking both a victory for campaigners and a renewed tribute to the town’s proud International Brigade heritage, says ROB HARGREAVES
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Boris Johnson’s government is a government for the 1%
This week offered even more evidence of the nature of the Prime Minister’s minority Conservative government, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
While pretending to seek peace, Europe is heading toward a collision course with Russia – using security guarantees, troop deployments, expropriation and censorship as tools, writes SEVIM DAGDELEN
Alba party leader KENNY MacASKILL makes some suggestions on how to save our pubs and reduce irresponsible drinking
The catastrophe unfolding in Gaza – where Palestinians are freezing to death in tents – is not a natural disaster but a calculated outcome of Israel’s ongoing blockade, aid restrictions and continued violence, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
Opinion polls point to electoral collapse, parliamentary rebellion and a looming leadership challenge as Starmer’s Labour haemorrhages working-class support and the far right exploits the vacuum left by a hollowed-out party, says NICK WRIGHT
The long-term effects of chemical weapons such as Agent Orange mean that the impact of war lasts well beyond a ceasefire
I WROTE in my last Morning Star column how Boris Johnson’s government signals every day that will put the interests of the 1 per cent first — and this week has given us ample more proof of this.
As Jeremy Corbyn said, this is a government with “no mandate, no morals and no majority.”
We have seen again this week how Johnson and his divisive hard-right Cabinet are willing to gamble with people’s jobs and living standards, both in the debate around a no-deal Brexit and in Wednesday’s Spending Review, which shadow chancellor John McDonnell rightly termed a “grubby electioneering stunt.”
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