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
Hope for the best but prepare for the worst
This ceasefire is clearly not enough, and we must be allowed to continue our protests, argues DIANE ABBOTT
INTIMIDATION IS THE NEW NORMAL: (L to R) Police arrest scores of protesters on a national march for Palestine in central London on January 18 2025; Elbit Systems UK Ltd an Israeli weapons manufacturer exposed at a Gaza demonstration on November 2 2024
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
MANY of us who have marched, protested, written and lobbied calling for a ceasefire in Gaza were naturally delighted when the ceasefire announcement came.
Israelis and Palestinians alike were delighted by the release of hostages, even if the Israeli government tried to prevent natural outpourings of joy and relief on part of the people of the Occupied Territories.
But there are growing and justified concerns about the character of this ceasefire, where it is leading and what the long-term consequences will be.
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