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
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Portraying the ‘GameStop rebellion’ as an assault on the forces of economic tyranny is simply absurd – and a distraction from the crippling insecurity faced by those who work for a living, writes ZOLTAN ZIGEDY
SAME OLD, SAME OLD: New York Stock Exchange trader keeps his eyes on Washington, where it appears Democrats plan to move ahead without Republican help on a major stimulus bill for the economy
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
THE US corporate media has been in a frenzy. The unprecedented January 6 assault on the Capitol in Washington DC has conjured widespread interpretation and unbridled speculation.
Conspiracy theories abound, from fascist coup attempts to murderous assassination attempts against our beloved leaders.
Whatever its actual meaning, it has long since become a gambit in the political games played in the two-party casino, a move shaped by the advantage thought to be gained by our high-stakes politicians.
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