Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO says assessing a Labour leader whose mission was to smash the left must involve addressing the delusions that fuelled his rise
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The long tradition of ‘unpresidential’ actions
It may come as a surprise but Donald Trump’s behaviour mimics the actions of previous occupants of the White House, writes IAN SINCLAIR
Rebuilding Labour’s working-class roots and organising power is essential if the party is to recover, says MERCEDES VILLALBA
ANDREW MURRAY looks back at a damaging career marked by dishonesty, incompetence and revolting complicity in war crimes
Britain’s historic vote to leave the EU was a rejection of the political Establishment and the strategic direction pursued by Britain’s ruling class since the second world war, writes ALEX GORDON
Over 1,000 hostile US sanctions remain in place on Venezuela, while Britain continues its colonial theft of gold, writes MATT WILLGRESS
MARY DAVIS says the centrality of the Jewish community and the Communist Party to anti-fascism in the 1930s is too often overlooked on the left
If there is one thing everyone agrees on when it comes to Donald Trump, it’s that he is simply not presidential material.
The Los Angeles Times recently referred to his “self-indulgent and unpresidential demeanor.” A Daily Mirror headline from November 2016 noted Trump’s invitation to meet with Theresa May “was bizarrely unpresidential.” The online US magazine Slate even went so far as to list “230 things Donald Trump has said and done that make him unfit to be president,” including stating he would force the military to commit war crimes, advocating waterboarding and praising North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un.
When, I wonder, did US leaders conduct themselves in a presidential manner?
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