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
It is time to hold a referendum on the monarchy
The monarchy is a central British institution — but central to all the worst aspects of our nation, from colonialism to aristocratic privilege, class inequality and undemocratic elite rule. It's time we voted on it, argues BECK ROBERTSON
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
IN recent years, the Windsor family has been dogged by scandal, from the racism allegedly meted out to Meghan Markle to Prince Andrew’s part in the Jeffrey Epstein affair.
Many are angered by the lack of consequences it has faced, and there have long been republicans who have felt it is egregious for one family to be elevated by mere dint of blood, a bloodline only deemed “royal” due to historical brutality and coercion.
Assent to the monarchy is enforced, and dissent is not allowed a seat at the table.
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