National News
Assange: Guilty to journalism
by Mary Manley , Sputnik
After serving five years in a British prison, Assange was released. The Australian publisher and activist pleaded guilty to obtaining and publishing US military secrets in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors following years of legal battles to avoid being extradited to the USA.
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Changing of the Guard?
by New Worker correspondent
Last week white puffs of smoke appeared from the London HQ of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) when it was announced that its new general secretary was to be one Laura Davison, who takes over from the departing Michelle Stanistreet. The NUJ has 21,410 members. Only 2,632, or 12.3 per cent of the membership, could be bothered to return the postal ballot. Even that was only achieved by giving an extra week of voting. Of these, 12 others either could not fill in the ballot paper properly or deliberately spoilt their vote in protest. Of the remaining votes 1,976 went to Davison – well ahead of her rival Natasha Hirst who bagged just 644 votes.
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Which way forward following the election…
by New Worker correspondent
That was the question posed at a seminar in London on Sunday. The 30th anniversary of the start of the dialogue between the NCP and the RCPB (ML) was appropriately marked by the opening of a discussion that both parties believe needs to be taken throughout the labour movement. NCP leader Andy Brooks, who chaired the meeting at the NCP Centre, welcomed everyone to the seminar at the Sid French library or by video link, and the discussion was opened by Michael Chant, the RCPB (ML) leader.
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Scottish Political News
by our Scottish political affairs correspondent
Former First Minister Alex Salmond died last Saturday after collapsing at a conference in North Macedonia. The former Scottish nationalist leader, who suffered a fatal heart attack, was 69. An official from his Alba party paid tribute to Salmond’s contribution to the nationalist cause saying Salmond, who had been one of the most important figures in SNP history, is considered one of the most transformative political figures in Scottish political history.
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International News
A song of solidarity from Cuba!
by Ed Newman, Radio Havana Cuba
Tens of thousands of Cubans marched through Havana on Monday in solidarity with the peoples of Palestine and Lebanon who are suffering genocide by Zionist forces. Miguel DíazCanel, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, led the demonstrators along the route between the Fragua Martiana and the Anti-Imperialist Tribune along the Malecón esplanade, that was marked by signs, songs, slogans and a large human flag of Palestine, a symbol of the lives destroyed by the Israelis, to call for an immediate end to the escalation of violence unleashed in the Middle East
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The only way to achieve peace
Granma
For several decades, the USA and Israel have set out to establish a matrix against Iran, using the Islamic Republic’s nuclear development as a pretext. The power of the Western media, plus the dominance by the US government of almost all international organisations, have been the banners to make Tehran surrender.
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Features
The future is socialist
by John Maryon
Those people from all over the world who make the spirited choice to build socialism may take different roads. With differing cultures and social conditions, standards of education, natural resources, levels of economic development and national wealth they will have their own strengths and weaknesses. Their route will be affected by their ability to resist imperialist threats and also any support they may have from other progressive states. China’s Belt & Road along with BRICS and the growing prowess of a new emerging world order can assist all those who have taken the road towards that Bright New Horizon that leads to socialism
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Workers’ Party of Korea: the party of the people
by Otis Grotewohl , Workers World (USA)
For 79 years, the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) has been a revolutionary socialist party dedicated to representing the interests and aspirations of the Korean working class. The WPK developed through an intense struggle for liberation and independence, and it is the leading party within the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).
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Attacks on UN peacekeeping forces must stop!
Global Times
Following an incident in which two Israel Defence Forces (IDF) tanks broke through the gate and forcibly entered a UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) peacekeeping base on Sunday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued a statement on the same day, warning: “Attacks against peacekeepers are in breach of international law, including international humanitarian law. They may constitute a war crime.” The Israeli side defended themselves, claiming that to evacuate wounded IDF soldiers, “two tanks reversed in a spot where they couldn’t have gone elsewhere because of the threat of fire”.
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A Unique Kind of Fascism
by John Miles, Sputnik
The USA is continuing its persecution campaign against journalists and dissidents who work with the Russian media.
The Biden administration has signalled that it would continue to clamp down on alternative media with the announcement of several measures against figures connected to Russian news outlets.
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Uhuru!
Book review by Ben Soton
African Uhuru by Roger McKenzie. Manifesto Press, London, 2024; 178pp; RRP £15.00.
The word Uhuru (as well the character from Star Trek) is Swahili for freedom or independence. African Uhuru is a history of African self-liberation covering a period from the end of the First World War to the present day written by Roger McKenzie, the International Editor of the Morning Star and a highly respected figure within the progressive and labour movement.
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