Alvaro Uribe is found guilty of witness tampering and procedural fraud, reports NICK MACWILLIAM
Corporate Britain is cashing in
Once again workers are being forced to pay for a crisis not of their own making – but when our movement works together we can take on the unscrupulous employers, argues Unite leader SHARON GRAHAM
An aerial view of London's skyline
On the anniversary of the implementation of the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act, ROGER McKENZIE warns that the legacy of black enslavement still looms in the Caribbean and beyond
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The creative imagination is a weapon against barbarism, writes KENNY COYLE, who is a keynote speaker at the Manifesto Press conference, Art in the Age of Degenerative Capitalism, tomorrow at the Marx Memorial Library & Workers School in London
RAMZY BAROUD explains why the world can no longer ignore Palestine
Starmer’s decision to suspend Diane Abbott yet again demonstrates a determination to maintain and propagate a hierarchy of racism, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
WHEN both the governor of the Bank of England and the Prime Minister called for “pay restraint” it was clear that workers were being set up for a fall.
Once again we were being asked to pay the price for a mess not of our making. With inflation hitting double figures and more, we are now in the midst of another crisis in the real economy — one that is attacking living standards.
The Establishment call for a national pay cut is consistent with the pattern of recent years. We know how the story goes.
A crisis of some kind ensues, that to resolve requires either real change to the economic order or for someone to lose out, and the Establishment picks what appears to be the easy option. Looting the workers.
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Putting our faith in this or that political leader is no strategy at all: in the face of poverty wages now and workers’ lives being put on the line during Covid, our only option is directly organising for class power ourselves, writes SHARON GRAHAM
The Morning Star publishes an exclusive preview of new Unite leader SHARON GRAHAM'S address to the TUC Congress tomorrow
If elected general secretary of Unite, I will lead a union that focuses on the shop floor not Westminster and build up membership by delivering on jobs, pay and conditions
