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Behind the war fever, there is more than just the alleged threat of Russia; economic decline and the struggle for geopolitical dominance play a crucial role in the increasing militarisation of our continent, writes MARC VANDEPITTE morningstaronline.co.uk/article/terr...

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In response to the massive wave of campus protests and encampments against Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the managers of our leading higher education institutions are targeting their own students, reports SABINA PRICE morningstaronline.co.uk/article/univ...

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You’ll never guess why a quick peace in Ukraine might be in the ambassador to Washington’s interests, writes SOLOMON HUGHES. Actually, of course you will – he stands to make a lot of money from his business links to Russia morningstaronline.co.uk/article/mand...

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CARLOS MARTINEZ condemns Europe’s failure to develop genuine autonomy from US hegemony, as leaders like Starmer and Macron cling to a declining imperial order rather than building good relations with the emerging powers morningstaronline.co.uk/article/stra...

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Today's front page: INNOCENT BEING FRAMED - AGAIN - Corrupt police and judges forcing miscarriages of justice, warn leading lawyers Subscribe to the Morning Star: morningstaronline.co.uk/subscribe

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Why decriminalising prostitution puts women and migrants at risk - Wherever prostitution laws are ‘liberalised,’ the result is a surge in human trafficking and abuse, writes STELLA BAILEY morningstaronline.co.uk/article/why-...

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Trump’s threats to ‘take back’ the Panama Canal amid false claims of Chinese influence have sparked nationwide protests and evoked painful memories of 1964, when US troops killed 21 Panamanian student protesters, reports TAN WAH PIOW morningstaronline.co.uk/article/pana...

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While the US president dreams of a grotesque, neocolonial ‘Riviera of the Middle East,’ Architects for Gaza are working to restore services and rebuild communities on the exact sites of homes destroyed by Israel, writes EMMA DENT COAD morningstaronline.co.uk/article/pale...

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The challenging path to freedom - ROGER McKENZIE argues that Africa's ultimate liberation depends on its ability to decolonise itself including the redrawing of its present national borders imposed by Europe morningstaronline.co.uk/article/chal...

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Today's front page: REEVES WAGES WAR ON POOR - Axe-wielding Chancellor plots billions in welfare cuts Subscribe to the Morning Star: morningstaronline.co.uk/subscribe

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From confronting Nato to defending Irish neutrality, Clare Daly’s principled stance embodies the often-forgotten peace tradition at the heart of IWD — we are proud to welcome her to our Belfast event, writes LYNDA WALKER morningstaronline.co.uk/article/anti...

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Education for the whole movement by Gawain Little, General Secretary, GFTU morningstaronline.co.uk/article/educ...

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Trump’s policy on Ukraine has shifted the transatlantic order and the illusion of European power has been dispelled – leaving behind the harsh reality of the continent’s irrelevance and its inability to shift the geopolitical dial, writes PAWEL WARGAN morningstaronline.co.uk/article/empi...

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As TUC Women’s Conference prepares to debate the decriminalisation of prostitution, EMMA, who exited the sex industry more than nine years ago, reflects on how her harrowing experience changed her initial view that ‘sex work is work’ morningstaronline.co.uk/article/how-...

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The final straw? - Starmer’s unseemly rush to the right is part of a historical pattern when Labour is in power, argues ANDREW MURRAY, but there’s no reason why politics in general should follow this trajectory morningstaronline.co.uk/article/fina...

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Today's front page: NOT COMPLICIT IN A GENOCIDE? SAY THAT TO A JUDGE - Corbyn calls for a public inquiry over Britain's role in Israel's assault on Gaza Subscribe to the Morning Star: morningstaronline.co.uk/subscribe

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The feminist-socialist point of view comes to Clerkenwell Green - Author RACHEL HOLMES invites readers to come to her talk in London about the great foremother of the working-class women’s movement – Eleanor Marx morningstaronline.co.uk/article/femi...

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Companies that forced staff to risk their lives during January’s extreme weather or face financial penalties have revealed the urgent need for enforceable safety standards beyond mere guidelines, argues JOHN CARSON morningstaronline.co.uk/article/stor...

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The Labour Party: a complicated birth - The formation of the Labour Representation Committee in 1900 marked the beginning of interconnected and contested strategies seeking ways to advance working-class interests, writes KEITH FLETT morningstaronline.co.uk/article/labo...

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International law at the crossroads - Israel’s crimes in Gaza have forced a reckoning with international law’s selective application as Western nations sanction ICC prosecutors and attack UN officials who demand accountability, writes RAMZY BAROUD morningstaronline.co.uk/article/afte...

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Today's front page: FREEZING HOMES MAKING US SICK, NHS STAFF WARN - Campaigners warn service is being crippled by failure to act on cold and damp Subscribe to the Morning Star: morningstaronline.co.uk/subscribe

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Today's back page: Welbeck secures Brighton's comeback Subscribe to the Morning Star newspaper: morningstaronline.co.uk/subscribe

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The US projects its nation’s own sins, from funding narco crime to authoritarian rule, onto its ‘back yard’ — lashing out as Latin America drifts further into the multipolar future, write FRANCISCO DOMINGUEZ and ROGER D HARRIS morningstaronline.co.uk/article/lati...

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The trio were given a conditional discharge and £600 penalties after painting ‘Stop arming Israel’ on Science Secretary Peter Kyle’s window in frustration at being ignored despite attempts to meet their MP, reports JOE GILL morningstaronline.co.uk/article/wort...

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Musk’s ‘Doge’ is already dismantling institutions and destroying lives with shocking rapidity, while legal challenges and protest movements finally begin to mount against the chaos and cruelty, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER morningstaronline.co.uk/article/musk...

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Long champions of social justice, black athletes say their voices are needed now more than ever morningstaronline.co.uk/article/long...

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Starmer's dangerous delusions on Trump and Ukraine morningstaronline.co.uk/article/e/st...

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Peace campaigners slam continued rise in British military spending morningstaronline.co.uk/article/peac...

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Knit your scarf for Palestine with these handy instructions - Six beautiful knitted Palestine solidarity scarves arrived at Morning Star HQ last week — with instructions on how to make your own morningstaronline.co.uk/article/knit...

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Today's front page: Starmer summit plays with fire – ‘Coalition of the willing’ could send troops to Ukraine, PM pledges Subscribe to the Morning Star newspaper: morningstaronline.co.uk/subscribe

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Germany’s crisis of working-class politics morningstaronline.co.uk/article/germ...

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Above-inflation rent increases will push council tenants deeper into poverty while failing to address the housing crisis — and it won’t really raise any money, as council rent arrears are doubling across the country, argues MARTIN WICKS morningstaronline.co.uk/article/rent...

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Together we must turn the tide against the far-right menace - JULIE SHERRY looks ahead to this weekend’s Stand Up to Racism and trade unions conference that will play a vital part in developing the urgent anti-fascist fightback morningstaronline.co.uk/article/toge...

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Today's front page: 74,000 women a year lose work over pregnancy or motherhood Subscribe to the Morning Star: morningstaronline.co.uk/subscribe

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It's sunny times for the solar industry which is expected to continue to grow rapidly — but there are still major environmental issues with how solar cells are made, explain ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT morningstaronline.co.uk/article/sola...

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Today's front page: ‘Apologies now for yet another hike in fuel bills’ – PM under fire for broken election pledge as costs soar Subscribe to the Morning Star newspaper: morningstaronline.co.uk/subscribe

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Labour is deliberately continuing Tory policies that cost us £38 billion more than they save while driving illness rates higher — despite the evidence that previous sanctions doubled suicide attempts, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE morningstaronline.co.uk/article/spen...

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Opinion: Whither proletarian revolution – it’s coming home morningstaronline.co.uk/article/whit...

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As we face savage cuts to our pay and conditions while the executive gravy train chugs on, Unite is putting the Scottish government on notice as workers prepare for a massive wave of resistance, writes DEREK SIMPSON morningstaronline.co.uk/article/unit...

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Malcolm X’s revolutionary truth endures - It is up to all of us to defy ruling-class attempts to sanitise or distort his revolutionary legacy by upholding his deep understanding of capitalism’s ties to racism and empire, writes ISAAC SANEY morningstaronline.co.uk/article/malc...

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After years of struggle in the MAS party, the mass movement of left-wing peasants and workers has founded a new party, with former president Evo Morales as its candidate for the summer’s elections, writes CINDY FORSTER morningstaronline.co.uk/article/boli...

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Today's front page: Waspi women threaten DWP with lawsuit – State pension activists vow to take fight to High Court unless government acts Subscribe to the Morning Star newspaper: morningstaronline.co.uk/subscribe

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Labour's austerity is an economic blind alley - In his first of a new monthly economics column MICHAEL BURKE argues that public-sector investment is more effective, more productive than private-sector investment morningstaronline.co.uk/article/labo...

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From Govanhill to Gaza – extending the hand of solidarity - KIERAN COLES explains what actions young communists have been taking to raise funds and support for the Palestinian people morningstaronline.co.uk/article/gova...

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Remembering Claudia Jones – a paragon of communist activism - DAVID HORSLEY points to the continued relevance of an inspirational black communist whose 110th birthday anniversary will be celebrated on Sunday morningstaronline.co.uk/article/reme...

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Now or never moment for Scottish Labour - The Scottish Labour conference this weekend will be the last call to save the party from electoral ignominy in 2026, argues CRAIG ANDERSON morningstaronline.co.uk/article/now-...

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‘Build it, and they’ll come’ – the case for investment in rail - Aslef general secretary MICK WHELAN speaks to Ben Chacko about rail renationalisation, the Employment Rights Bill and why we shouldn’t write off this Labour government morningstaronline.co.uk/article/%E2%...

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Caught in a trap - VINCE MILLS looks at how UK Labour’s backpedalling on policy has left Scottish Labour with nothing to offer its own electorate morningstaronline.co.uk/article/caug...

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Labour should be preparing for peace, not more war - Dangerous and delusional military posturing on the world stage does not serve the interests of the public among the European powers, nor the people of Ukraine, writes DIANE ABBOTT morningstaronline.co.uk/article/labo...

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History unearthed: what if Trump succeeded in ethnically cleansing Gaza? - One can only imagine what would happen if 2.2 million Palestinian refugees were pushed into Jordan, Egypt and other Arab countries, per Trump’s proposal, writes RAMZY BAROUD morningstaronline.co.uk/article/hist...

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