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
THE growing prospect of escalating war in the Middle East is the product of a policy of imperialist war, intervention, and national oppression which has been followed by successive British governments.
The immediate cause is Israel’s war on Gaza and its recent assassinations of leaders of Hezbollah and Hamas. The latter targeting of Ismail Haniyeh, leader of Hamas, when he was visiting the new president of Iran, was a deliberate provocative attack which was certain to draw Iran into retaliation.
He was also one of the main negotiators for a ceasefire in talks which have been going on in Qatar for months. Netanyahu knew exactly what he was doing with both the assassinations.
As antisemitism grows, the labour movement must recommit to defence of minorities while navigating the complexities of Gaza and global politics, argues NICK WRIGHT
History shows from Iraq to Libya, and now Iran, that regime-change fantasies rarely deliver stability — but they always deliver human and economic cost, says MARYAM ESLAMDOUST
The US’s bid for regime change in the Islamic Republic has become more urgent as it seeks to encircle and contain a resurgent China, writes CARLOS MARTINEZ


