Articles by Ben Chacko

Brazilian court suspends mass sacking of oil workers – but Petrobras strike rolls on

A BRAZILIAN court has suspended the sacking of 1,000 fertiliser factory workers that prompted a mass strike at oil giant Petrobras.

Arts | Thursday 06th Feb 2020

'I see socialism and trade unionism as two sides of the same coin'

Britain | Tuesday 04th Feb 2020

‘All journalists at risk’ if Assange handed to US jailers

Britain | Friday 31st Jan 2020

Trade unions will be ‘front line’ of resistance to racism and sexism under Johnson, says McCluskey

Monday 27th Jan 2020

Thousands of events worldwide mark Holocaust Memorial Day

by Peter Lazenby and Ben Chacko

THOUSANDS of events are taking place in Britain and worldwide to mark Holocaust Memorial Day today.

Sunday 12th Jan 2020

The yellow vests and the erosion of trade union strength

‘Social mobilisation is no longer carried out by the left and trade unions alone,’ French CGT activist Karl Ghazi tells the Rosa Luxemburg conference in Berlin. BEN CHACKO reports

Sunday 05th Jan 2020

Global protests call for peace between Iran and US amid escalating threats of war

PROTESTERS across the world are mobilising against war as tensions between the US and Iran intensified after the former’s assassination of an Irani

Friday 03rd Jan 2020

After election defeat, we need to build the Morning Star as the voice of the socialist left

The last four-and-a-half years show a media owned and controlled by ordinary people is more important than ever, writes BEN CHACKO as we mark our 90th anniversary

Friday 27th Dec 2019

Mexico ‘will go to The Hague’ over Bolivian intimidation of its embassy staff

THE Mexican government has made plans to file a complaint at the International Court of Justice against Bolivia’s military-installed regime.

Sunday 22nd Dec 2019

Modi denies 'any trace of divisiveness' in Islamophobic Citizenship Amendment Act

INDIAN Prime Minister Narendra Modi denied today that there was “any trace of divisiveness” in his notorious Citizenship Amendment Act, which exclu

Friday 20th Dec 2019

Orange's former CEO jailed as firm found guilty of ‘collective moral harassment’ that led to wave of staff suicides

TELECOMS giant Orange was found guilty today of “collective moral harassment” against its staff which resulted in at least 19 suicides between 2006

Friday 13th Dec 2019

The Left has a historic opportunity to democratise Spain

The leader of Spanish communists ENRIQUE SANTIAGO tells Ben Chacko how a broad alliance of progressive forces can and must force the PSOE to deliver left policies

Thursday 05th Dec 2019

India's communists vow to fight Modi's sectarian citizenship law to the end

THE Narendra Modi government’s approval of an Islamophobic citizenship law shows that it has “no idea about the history and the sacrifices of our f

Monday 02nd Dec 2019

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Articles by Ben Chacko

Brazilian court suspends mass sacking of oil workers – but Petrobras strike rolls on

A BRAZILIAN court has suspended the sacking of 1,000 fertiliser factory workers that prompted a mass strike at oil giant Petrobras.

'I see socialism and trade unionism as two sides of the same coin'

‘All journalists at risk’ if Assange handed to US jailers

Trade unions will be ‘front line’ of resistance to racism and sexism under Johnson, says McCluskey

Thousands of events worldwide mark Holocaust Memorial Day

by Peter Lazenby and Ben Chacko

THOUSANDS of events are taking place in Britain and worldwide to mark Holocaust Memorial Day today.

The yellow vests and the erosion of trade union strength

‘Social mobilisation is no longer carried out by the left and trade unions alone,’ French CGT activist Karl Ghazi tells the Rosa Luxemburg conference in Berlin. BEN CHACKO reports

Global protests call for peace between Iran and US amid escalating threats of war

PROTESTERS across the world are mobilising against war as tensions between the US and Iran intensified after the former’s assassination of an Irani

After election defeat, we need to build the Morning Star as the voice of the socialist left

The last four-and-a-half years show a media owned and controlled by ordinary people is more important than ever, writes BEN CHACKO as we mark our 90th anniversary

Mexico ‘will go to The Hague’ over Bolivian intimidation of its embassy staff

THE Mexican government has made plans to file a complaint at the International Court of Justice against Bolivia’s military-installed regime.

Modi denies 'any trace of divisiveness' in Islamophobic Citizenship Amendment Act

INDIAN Prime Minister Narendra Modi denied today that there was “any trace of divisiveness” in his notorious Citizenship Amendment Act, which exclu

Orange's former CEO jailed as firm found guilty of ‘collective moral harassment’ that led to wave of staff suicides

TELECOMS giant Orange was found guilty today of “collective moral harassment” against its staff which resulted in at least 19 suicides between 2006

The Left has a historic opportunity to democratise Spain

The leader of Spanish communists ENRIQUE SANTIAGO tells Ben Chacko how a broad alliance of progressive forces can and must force the PSOE to deliver left policies

India's communists vow to fight Modi's sectarian citizenship law to the end

THE Narendra Modi government’s approval of an Islamophobic citizenship law shows that it has “no idea about the history and the sacrifices of our f

New to the Morning Star? Read all about it

TOMORROW’S special edition of the Morning Star, of which over 200,000 copies will be printed and distributed free of charge, might well be the firs

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