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
Bruce Kent – a passion for the cause of peace
June 22 1929 – June 8 2022
Bruce Kent at the #StopTrident rally at Trafalgar Square on Saturday 27th February 27 2016
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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
BRUCE KENT was remarkable, inspirational and wise, with a capacity to communicate and motivate across the generations.
He has touched so many lives, with his passion for the cause of peace, with his commitment and determination to rid the world of nuclear weapons.
There were other causes dear to him as well: for Palestinian rights, against the arms trade, supporting prisoners, to name just a few.
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