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Pakistan pays the price for our greed
Pakistan should not have to pay the price for climate change. It is the global North and the big polluters that are responsible and which should pay reparations for the eco-destruction they have caused, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE MP
CLIMATE COLLAPSE: Women salvage whatever they can in the Qambar Shahdadkot district of Sindh province, of Pakistan, Tuesday, September 6 2022
In the wake of Ann Widdecombe’s murder, JOHN GREEN wonders whether the government will really get to grips with the root cause of these attacks on our MPs
The new PM’s opening addresses offered hope, council homes and reform — but little detail on how any of it will be delivered, warns CLAUDIA WEBBE
Despite the screeching from the right-wing media, Burnham’s speech chimed with the public mood - and socialists should take advantage, says Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO
Scotland's Labour leader cannot continue to evade responsibility for the party's decline, argues LAUREN HARPER
Nature as well as society works dialectically, asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
PAKISTAN is in the midst of a climate catastrophe and experiencing the worst floods in the country’s history.
One third of the country is under water, an area that according to some estimates is the size of Britain.
Between March and April this year, Pakistan experienced a record-breaking heat wave that saw several cities in Sindh province reach unprecedented high temperatures of up to 50°C. It had the hottest city on the planet, Jacobabad at 51°C in May 2022.
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The ongoing floods in Pakistan could have been largely prevented, writes ABDUL RAHMAN