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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A strategy for 'them' by Tony Blair
In a speech in front of a lavish country manor, Blair called time on the era of Western political and economic dominance — but instead of heralding this as progress, he demanded ‘we’ go down fighting for the US military agenda, reports KEITH LAMB
THE ESTABLISHMENT’S MAN: Sir Tony Blair dons ceremonial garb
for the annual Order of the Garter service at Windsor Castle, June 2022
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
RECENTLY, former British prime minister Sir Tony Blair gave a speech at the privately funded Ditchley Foundation which holds conferences on British-US relations. In this speech, he focused on how a Western strategy should deal with Russia and China in light of the Ukraine conflict.
However, his criticisms and prescriptions are muddied not only by the fact that his conscience should be stained with the worst human rights atrocities of the 21st century — but also by the fact that his elitist outlook is detached from the democratic pulse.
Blair’s actions led the world to ruin. He sent Britain’s soldiers to die in an illegal invasion which led to the deaths of millions of Iraqis. Even as the reverberations of this disaster still play out, Blair nevertheless finds it conscionable to offer another dose of his “statesmanship.”
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