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
The Ulez and the fight for clean air
Ian Sinclair spoke to respiratory specialist DR LAURA-JANE SMITH about how the impact of air pollution on our health is badly underestimated and the kind of legislation needed across Britain to fight it
People take part in a protest against the proposed ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) expansion in Orpington, London, August 19, 2023
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
FOLOWING the Tory win in the Uxbridge by-election last month, Labour Party leader Keir Starmer pressured London Mayor Sadiq Khan to pause the rollout of the Ultra-Low Emission Zone (Ulez) to the outer boroughs of the capital city.
In response, over 400 doctors wrote to Khan and Starmer, urging the mayor to stand firm in his commitment to expanding the Ulez, noting “the devastating health consequences of air pollution.”
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