The US reprisal of global nuclear proliferation, threatening a new arms race, could push the world to the brink of annihilation, warns SOPHIE BOLT of CND
BREDENE is a beach resort a short tram ride along the dunes from Ostend where the annual Manifiesta fete of the Belgian Workers Party — the PTB/PvdA — is sited. The fete attracts large crowds from across the country’s two linguistic communities.
The fete grounds are built around the marquees of the various French- and Dutch-speaking provinces where local food, excellent Belgian beer, entertainment and argument maintains a party atmosphere shot through with serious debates, comedy and music.
Last Saturday the Morning Star’s cycling equipe Pedal4Progress arrived at the Manifiesta after a solidarity ride that went from Maastricht, the site of the eponymous treaty that ushered in EU austerity, spending limits and private finance initiatives to the Brussels headquarters of the Nato war alliance.
Once again, our broad-based coalition outnumbered the anti-migrant protest in Faversham, but tackling the sentiment behind this wave of anger requires explaining the real reasons pushing millions into leaving their homelands, argues NICK WRIGHT
Starmer sabotaged Labour with his second referendum campaign, mobilising a liberal backlash that sincerely felt progressive ideals were at stake — but the EU was then and is now an entity Britain should have nothing to do with, explains NICK WRIGHT
There is no doubt that Trump’s regime is a right-wing one, but the clash between the state apparatus and the national and local government is a good example of what any future left-wing formation will face here in Britain, writes NICK WRIGHT



