THOUSANDS of Poles have signed a petition calling for the restoration of a plaque commemorating Marxist revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg that was removed in March from her birthplace in the town Zamosc.
Provincial authorities ordered the removal of more than 100 street names, plaques and monuments associated with labour leaders, workers’ struggles and the liberation from nazi occupation by the Red Army, claiming they were “incompatible with democracy.”
As Moscow celebrates the 80th anniversary of the Nazi defeat without Western allies in attendance, the EU even sanctions nations choosing to attend, revealing how completely the USSR's sacrifice of 27 million lives has been erased, argues KATE CLARK
PHIL KATZ looks at how the Daily Worker, the Morning Star's forerunner, covered the breathless last days of World War II 80 years ago



