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It is for the Nicaraguan people to determine their future
With Nicaragua coming under increasing pressure from Washington, TONY BURKE explains why defending the country’s right to self-determination is of paramount importance
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
SUCCESSIVE US administrations have over the years done everything they can to crush Nicaragua.
Over 40 years ago, during the Thatcher-Reagan cold war era, the US launched an undeclared mercenary war that cost some 30,000 lives and devastated the Nicaraguan economy.
An intense media campaign, which bears striking similarities to what is happening today, depicted Nicaragua as a communist totalitarian dungeon with troops poised to storm the Texan border.
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