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Socialism or barbarism–a statement of fact
Trump’s return when we already see a world at war, breathtaking inequality and climate catastrophe confirms Engles’ famous dichotomy, writes MATT WILLGRESS
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Where is the 21st-century protest song?
JOHN NEWSHAM draws attention to the uncompromising path of U.S. singer/songwriter CONOR OBERST.
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Around 242 million children missed school last year because of the climate emergency, says UN
UNICEF said the world’s schools and education systems were “largely ill equipped” to deal with the effects of extreme weather.
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‘I am a Gazan’: Writing on Eleanor Marx in times of genocide on her 170th birthday
The youngest daughter of Karl Marx and her unwavering humanity in the face of injustice remain relevant for our times, writes DANA MILLS.
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‘The rich are on course to destroy all our lives’
World’s wealthiest 1% have already burned through their share of the entire annual carbon limit, Oxfam warns.
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The case against ‘Western’ Marxism
RICHARD CLARKE applauds the assertion that Western Marxism represents a withdrawal from action to change the world into the academy.
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Israel ‘wiping Gazans out of existence’
Aid group accuses Tel Aviv of deliberate ethnic cleansing in latest damning report.
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Annexing the West Bank: Why Israel might pounce now
RAMZY BAROUD explains that with the world already unable or unwilling to confront Israel’s murderous devastation of Gaza, it is likely to seize the opportunity to annex the larger but equally vulnerable West Bank territory.
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A new Pan-Africanism for a new Century
Following the Eurocentric pathways to identity and development are a fallacy that is holding Africa back, ROGER McKENZIE argues.
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Climate activists serving combined 41 years of jail time granted mass appeal hearing
What’s at stake in this hearing is not just the freedom of some courageous individuals: it’s the credibility of the British legal system and the lifeblood of democracy itself.
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Siting U.S. nukes at Lakenheath puts us all in danger
The Morning Star sends its solidarity and support to those demonstrating tomorrow at Lakenheath, Suffolk, against the return of U.S. nuclear weapons to British soil.
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Extinction Rebellion tells insurance firms to cut ties with fossil fuels or face protests
EXTINCTION REBELLION (XR) issued an ultimatum to insurance bosses today as the climate group gears up for a week of protests across the country.
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Sixty years after Kubrick’s film, meet the U.S.’s real Dr. Strangelove
SOLOMON HUGHES looks at the sorry career of Brett McGurk.
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Declassified memo proves Ethel Rosenberg was not a Soviet spy
An NSA codebreaker’s 1950 assessment reveals Ethel Rosenberg knew of her husband’s espionage but ‘did not engage in the work herself’ — despite this, the US sent her to die in the electric chair, writes ANDREW TUCKER.
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The Macron-Le Pen alliance and its lessons for the left elsewhere
President Emmanuel Macron’s determination to overrule July’s parliamentary election results brings Europe closer to catastrophe.
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Grenfell report indicts capitalism
CROOKED companies dishonestly presenting their products as safe. Corporate incompetents engaged in a merry-go-round of buck-passing.
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Facial recognition company fined for creating ‘illegal database’ of billions of faces
A DUTCH data protection watchdog has issued facial recognition tech Clearview AI with a €30.5 million (£25.7m) fine for creating an “illegal database” of billions of faces.
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What should we do about ‘degrowth’?
The ‘degrowth’ debate raises critical issues to which only a Marxist approach can provide answers, argues the Marx Memorial Library.
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Delivery drivers fear for their lives as far-right riots enter second week
DELIVERY drivers in the gig economy are fearing for their lives because of the wave of far-right riots that continue across the country.
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Riots and racism in Southport–How fascism preys on tragedy
THE racist riot in Southport following the murderous knife attack on a children’s dance class speaks both to the unscrupulousness and mobilising reach of Britain’s fascist right.