While international actors discuss governance and reconstruction, Netanyahu has made it clear that Israel has no intention of ending its military occupation, says RAMZY BAROUD
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‘We’re fighting for the voice of the workers’
With rail services in England at a standstill again today, general secretary of drivers’ union Aslef MICK WHELAN talks to Morning Star reporter Peter Lazenby about why members are taking strike action
Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan
NICK WRIGHT continues his series analysing the trends in European politics
We have the alternative economics, histories of our struggles and the confidence to change the world
General Federation of Trade Unions assistant general secretary HENRY FOWLER reports on the final day from the GFTU’s residential Summer School at the Workers’ Retreat, Quorn Grange Hotel
Capitalism has exploited — and polluted — our natural resources for too long, it’s time we treated our rivers as living beings, writes MIRIUM GAUNTLETT, LIAM SHAW and ROX MIDDLETON
Treating the Clacton by-election as a joke risks reinforcing the Reform leader’s claim to be the victim of an out-of-touch Establishment, argues JOHN McINALLY
MPs and others called for the urgent release of tortured Palestinian doctor, Hussam Abu Safiya, held hostage by Israel and reportedly near death, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
THREE times members of train drivers’ union Aslef have been asked if they wanted to strike to defend their wages, their jobs and the conditions in which they work.
Three times they have responded with a resounding Yes.
The second and third ballots each produced bigger majorities than the one before.
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