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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
Take a stand for Brazil’s president Lula
The hugely popular former president Lula is a victim of a political and legal witch-hunt and ‘trial by media.’ The need for international solidarity is more vital than ever, says TONY BURKE
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
Since the coup in Brazil removed president Dilma Rousseff last year without a single vote from the Brazilian public, ending 14 years of Workers’ Party government in Brazil, former president Lula da Silva has again been at the forefront of the political scene.
Already a popular figure due to two hugely successful terms in office (president Barack Obama termed him the “most popular politician on Earth” in 2009), Lula has been a key figure in the mass rallies against President Michel Temer who replaced Rousseff.
Since taking office, Temer has overseen a sharp rightward turn for the country, implementing harsh austerity measures without electoral backing.
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