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by Lamiat Sabin Ms Osamor (pictured) had budgets can do more than just Parliamentary Reporter previously said that the promo- reduce the worst symptoms of tion of PFI abroad was hypo- an unfair world. critical when Cabinet ministers “We don’t have to accept LABOUR will reveal today its — including Foreign Secretary the world that global elites are new plan to straighten out the Boris Johnson — had openly building for us. Tories’ “incoherent” interna- criticised such deals in Britain. “Let’s help people around the tional development policy that “The Conservatives must end world be more powerful and currently pushes privatisation the double standards immedi- make their societies fairer — overseas. ately, stop promoting public- and in the process make our In Parliament, shadow inter- private partnerships overseas planet more safe, more just and national development secretary if they can’t defend them at more sustainable.” Kate Osamor will announce home and put people before Ms Osamor will today slam that Labour in power will put profi t,” she is due to say. the obscene state of the govern- an end to the Tories’ promotion Labour’s paper, titled A World ment’s aid policy, such as sell- of privatisation of public serv- for the Many Not the Few, will ing arms to Saudi Arabia for use ices abroad so that foreign aid include plans to triple funding against Yemen’s people, while “explicitly reduces poverty for for grassroots women’s groups. giving almost £200 million of the fi rst time.” In the foreword, leader Jer- aid to Yemen. ■ FORMULA ONE This would be through end- emy Corbyn writes: “The Con- Labour will also end aid ing schemes such as private servatives reduce aid to a matter funding to the government’s fi nance initiatives (PFI) for of charity, rather than one of opaque Confl ict, Stability and Vettel ‘a bit lucky to healthcare and fee-paying power and social justice. Worse, Security Fund and replace it win Down Under’ schools such as the controver- they seem ever too ready to with a transparent, human sial Bridge International Acad- abandon our development com- rights-based Peace Fund, she PIT stop costs Hamilton from emies, whose schools have been mitments to the world’s poorest. will add. taking pole. forced to shut down in Kenya. “International development Turn to page 4 Turn to page 16

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■ YORKSHIRE & HUMBER TUC: CONSTRUCTION ■ PENSIONS DISPUTE: BATH CARILLION COLLAPSE ‘AN Students end 19 day occupation

by Our News Desk al’s failure to include staff ABSOLUTE DISGRACE’ means that the students remain cautious. JOBS IN JEOPARDY: Unions tell of diffi culty dealing with prospect of mass layoff s at fi rm STUDENTS at the Uni- Uill Barrow-Retallack, versity of Bath have who is studying politics “cautiously” ended their and international rela- by Peter Lazenby long-running occupation tions, said: “This is a after partially winning revolting move to divide their demands. students and staff in light THE treatment of workers who The students had occu- of the growing solidarity lost their jobs amid the collapse pied the site for 19 days, between the two groups, of outsourcing giant Carillion fi nishing last Friday. especially given that staff was an “absolute disgrace,” the The protest was one of suff er a great deal of men- TUC’s Yorkshire and the Hum- 23 occupations nation- tal health problems with ber regional conference heard wide in support of lectur- dwindling support from at the weekend. ers and staff on strike to the university.” A catalogue of ill-treatment defend their pensions. The students vowed to of redundant employees was Uni bosses have not continue to press the uni- revealed at the annual gather- responded to students’ versity to support of fair ing in Harrogate on Saturday. call for meaningful nego- staff pensions. Yorkshire and North Derby- tiations on their demand The reputation of the shire GMB regional secretary that Bath reject Uni- top bosses has been Neil Derrick said Carillion’s col- versities UK’s proposed severely hurt by their lapse had left the jobs of 20,000 FIGHT ON THEIR HANDS: UCU delegates show solidarity with workers at Hull College Group and Bradford changes to its pension dismissive responses, said workers in jeopardy. College, who are facing hundreds of job losses and bullying over contracts plan that could leave staff Bath Students Against Among them were staff £10,000 a year worse off Fees and Cuts. employed by Carillion on clean- lion noticeboards and leaving new contracts or go home. They paid every four weeks, instead in retirement. Psychology student ing and catering contracts at boxes full of new employment are given no time to consider of every two, and that they had Students ended their Jessica Bain revealed: seven schools in Leeds who contracts and staff handbooks. and no copy to take away.” to prove to their new bosses occupation after the “Despite requesting meet- learned of the company’s col- “But Mitie don’t do catering, Mr Derrick said staff were told that they had the right to work vice-chancellor and the ings with senior manage- lapse from a news bulletin, Mr so Chartwells turned up in that regulations protecting work- in Britain. student union released ment, we were not invited Derrick told the conference. schools as Mitie have subcon- ers whose jobs are transferred He said the workforce had a statement agreeing to to partake in discussion They were told to keep work- tracted the catering contract from one employer to another been left “dazed and con- “work together to ensure and still have not been ing and three weeks later were to Chartwells. did not apply, and that they fused.” that money not paid to granted a meeting with informed that another contrac- “So Chartwells also deliver had lost continuity of service — GMB won unanimous back- striking staff will be allo- the vice-chancellor. tor, Mitie, had taken over. new contracts for our mem- despite some staff having worked ing for a call to Labour councils cated for student welfare, “This demonstrates yet “They were told to report for bers which they fi nd waiting in their jobs for 20 years. in the region to cease awarding including mental health again the disregard sen- duty as normal on February 19,” for them when they return to The workers were put on public contracts to privateers support.” ior management show for he said. work on February 19. three months’ “probation,” told and to take existing contracts But the “vague use of us students.” “Mitie went round the “Both Mitie and Chartwells that holiday entitlement was back in-house. wording” and the propos- [email protected] schools taking down Caril- ask our members to sign the changing, that they would be [email protected]

■ YORKSHIRE & HUMBER TUC: TECHNOLOGY ■ YORKSHIRE & HUMBER TUC: YOUTH ACTIVISM Automation ‘not a neutral concept’ Labour boost not translating to members WORKERS are being threat- “The fundamental question The meeting backed a motion ened by a new wave of automa- is: ‘on whose terms’?” he said. calling on the TUC and unions YOUNG trade unionists have tion and digitalisation across “All technology is neutral. But to launch negotiations in union- broken new ground by stag- all industries, the annual meet- who owns it? Who controls it? organised workplaces, and to ing their fi rst “fringe” confer- ing of Yorkshire and Humber And how is it to be used?” lobby Labour to have workers’ ence alongside the annual region of the TUC heard on Mr Sangha said that without protection “at the heart of its Trade Union Congress meet- Saturday. regulation hundreds of thou- next manifesto.” ing of Yorkshire and the Tas Sangha of Unite said auto- sands of jobs will be at risk. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn Humber region. mation amounted to a new “But it is not inevitable,” he said. pledged last year that his party The event included work- industrial revolution — and “We need strong, legally bind- in power would off er free tui- shops, discussion on last would happen soon. ing safeguards for workers.” tion for all further education. year’s successful McStrike action by young employees at McDonald’s, and a talk by York Labour MP and shadow transport minister Rachel DON’T BE LEFT Maskell. They reported back on their progress to the main WITHOUT US conference — being held in Harrogate over the weekend — yesterday morning. NOW HALF PRICE! Ben Mayor told the confer- ence that young people had 2 discs with 34 tracks from great fl ocked to Labour in response bands and artists - a wealth of to the election of leader Jer- talent, consciousness and an emy Corbyn and a growing egalitarian spirit of resistance in mood of anti-austerity. words and music “But they are not refl ect- NEW GENERATION: Yorkshire & Humber TUC Young Trade Unionist of ing themselves in our trade the Year Daragh I’Neill recieves his award from secretary Bill Adams £10 £5 + £2 postage unions and structures,” he (top) and (above from left to right) Ben Mayor, regional chair Joanne Thomas and Darcy Shepherd and packaging said. FEATURING: Attila the Stockbroker, Darcy Shepherd, an 18-year- All proceeds go to the Thee Faction, The Hurriers, old member of Unite Com- “We need to revolutionise “I hope everybody in this Morning Star Fight Rosa Fight! Argonaut, munity, said: “Young people the way our unions approach room will be part of chang- shop.morningstaronline.co.uk Joe Solo, Wimmins Institute, do care about politics, but I young people. They feel down- ing that perspective. It is Phone: (020) 8510-0815 Minotaurs and many more! feel that young membership trodden and feel they are about creating a welcoming is lacking. lucky to be in a workplace. environment.” morningstaronline.co.uk Morning Star morningstaronline news Monday @m_star_online March 26 2018 3

■ SCOTLAND Leonard: It’s time to ditch our toxic right-wing alliances

by Conrad Landin Minister’s questions in Holy- “The time is absolutely right Scotland Editor rood to press Nicola Sturgeon to consider a wealth tax.” over the use of exploitative He stressed that Scotland umbrella companies to employ would have to learn from the SCOTTISH LABOUR should construction workers on a key examples of other countries, ditch alliances with rightwing- roads project around Aberdeen. where wealth taxes have been ers and “look for coalitions on Speaking in Glasgow on met with canny new avoidance the left,” party leader Richard Saturday, Mr Leonard said Ms tactics. Leonard said at the weekend. Sturgeon’s argument that work- SNP MP Chris Stephens, who Speaking at the People’s ers were off ered a “choice” of also addressed the conference, Assembly Scotland conference, employment status showed a argued that there would have Mr Leonard put meat on the “complete denial of the real to be a tough framework to pre- bones of his plans for a wealth world for working people.” vent Scots from moving their tax and slammed the SNP He went on to argue that wealth south. government for its “complete “Keynesian social democracy “It is a fact that people reg- denial” regarding the plight of is insuffi cient to the challenges ister in England and Wales to precarious workers. that we face” and argued that avoid tax in Scotland,” he said. Signalling his rejection of Labour must seek to reduce “There’s only one phrase for Labour’s alliance with the wealth inequalities as well as that, and that’s tax avoidance.” Conservatives during the 2014 income diff erences. The conference also saw the independence referendum cam- Asked by the Morning Star launch of the Scottish group’s paign, he said: “There have to elaborate on his plans for version of the In Place of Aus- been times when Labour has tackling wealth inequality, he terity manifesto, which calls looked for comfort … and coali- said it would be a “dereliction for “rebuilding public serv- tions on the right. of duty” not to do so. ices” through a clampdown of “It’s about time we looked for “I don’t see why taxation on tax avoidance and evasion and coalitions on the left.” unearned income should be lev- an increase in taxation on the Mr Leonard has used two of ied at a lower rate” than income wealthy and big business. his recent appearances at First tax, he said. [email protected]

■ CARILLION

MPs shocked by ‘greed’ A vivid account of how of privateer bosses the power of local government has been THE actions of Carillion reduced by central bosses trying to protect their government and DEVON: Save Our Health Service (SOHS) Devon supporters pay packets were branded as mount a demonstration at County Hall, Exeter, where the “greed on stilts” by Frank hollowed out by the health scrutiny committee deferred the decision for Devon to Fields yesterday in a parlia- private sector’ be plunged into an integrated care system (ICS). mentary report. Prof. Jane Lethbridge The deferment was achieved after a mass public campaign, A probe has been launched which deluged councillors with emails spelling out concerns by the work and pensions Don’t miss Peter and opposition against the system being imposed in “shadow committee and the business form” without public consultation. committee into the govern- Latham’s probe SOHS Devon campaigners travelled in from across the ance and management of the into the death of county to make their presence felt at both the meeting of collapsed construction giant. the local clinical commissioning groups and the later Devon The report concerns a series council power health scrutiny committee. of papers showing correspond- The health scrutiny committee had no choice but to vote to ence from the Carillion remu- To get your copy call the £7.50 defer the imposition of the ICS. neration committee. Star shop on (020) 8510-0815 + P&P ■ SCOTLAND A FREE WILL SNP council cut to union time slammed FOR ALL STAR READERS by Conrad Landin shire convener Charlie McDon- ior offi cers at the council have West Dunbartonshire is trying ald said: “If they wanted to had the fright of their lives.” to take power away from the Have you made sure your loved ones create a spark and start a fi re He argued the decision was trade unions, trying to silence will be taken care of when you die? SCOTTISH nationalists have they’ve done it.” particularly galling because us. It’s not going to work.” Take the worry out of things with been “led down the garden The council claims that the the SNP council leader had The council said the move path” by anti-union council decision to cut facility time was purported to be “anti-austerity” would put West Dunbarton- a will drawn up by a fully qualifi ed bosses, trade unions said this “supported by 64 per cent of and had spoken in support of shire “in line with other Scot- solicitor – and it’s free if you leave a weekend. employees” who completed a the role of trade unions. tish councils” in terms of facil- bit of cash to the Star! The SNP-controlled council survey. SNP councillors had given ity time levels. in West Dunbartonshire has But Mr McDonald said the “no indication of cuts,” he [email protected] slashed facility time for trade survey had been “discredited added. But the budget they sub- Martin Ross, solicitor union reps from a full-time completely” and was only fi lled sequently delivered included Tel: (01273) 726-951 equivalent of 3.4 employees to in by 385 of the council’s 5,000 slashing grass-cutting at HAVE A STORY? just two. employees. parks by 70 per cent across the [email protected] Email us: At the People’s Assembly He told Saturday’s event that authority. news@ Due to diff ering legal requirements this off er Scotland conference on Sat- the workforce was up in arms Unison convener Val Jen- peoples-press.com is only available to people in England & Wales urday, Unite West Dunbarton- over the changes, adding: “Sen- nings added: “This decision at Morning Star morningstaronline.co.uk 4 Monday news morningstaronline March 26 2018 @m_star_online

■ TUC YOUNG WORKERS CONFERENCE Labour’s youth rep defends role of unions in the party

by Sam Tobin with widespread condemnation. ing our policy in the Labour young trade unionists to put at Congress House Concerning the election to Party,” arguing that people in pressure on local councils choose Labour’s new general the party “can’t really ignore enacting policies that they secretary, Ms Shawcroft wrote what trade unions are saying do not agree with, giving the TRADE unions are more on Facebook that “nothing on policy.” example of Labour-controlled important to the success of the would induce me to support a Ms McNeill also rubbished Haringey, whose Haringey Labour Party than ever before, candidate from a major trade criticism from the right-wing Development Vehicle would the party’s youth representa- union,” adding that the party media, noting that any Labour hand £2 billion of council tive has said. belongs to the members. members who support the assets to Australian company Lara McNeill, a medical stu- The post was later deleted unions are “denounced as pup- Lendlease. dent who was recently elected and Momentum distanced itself pets of their general secretaries. Lendlease and its predecessor ■ EU WITHDRAWAL to Labour’s national executive from the comments. “We can’t allow the narra- Bovis were also involved in the committee (NEC) as youth rep, Speaking at the TUC Young tive from anyone in the Labour blacklisting of union members. said that “unions are for life, Workers Conference in Lon- Party that the union link is not Ms McNeill said that, exter- Starmer aims to bolster Bill not just for elections.” don, Ms McNeill voiced disa- important,” she said. nally, unions should be lob- She made the comments in greement with Ms Shawcroft’s Championing policies such bying Labour councils not to to prevent a no-deal Brexit response to NEC member and position, insisting that “uniting as a £10 minimum wage would do these things, suggesting Momentum director Christine the industrial and the political see Labour continue to increase that young trade unionists KEIR STARMER is due to say ing out of the EU without an Shawcroft’s suggestion earlier sections of our movement has its vote share at the next gen- should also “stand as today that Labour will try to agreement. this month that it was “time never been more important.” eral election, which could candidates.” amend the EU withdrawal Bill In his speech to mark one to support disaffi liation of She said she was “a strong happen “any time soon,” samtobin@ this week to strengthen the year until Britain leaves the EU, the unions from the Labour believer in trade unions being Ms McNeill added. peoples-press.com terms of Parliament’s mean- Mr Starmer is expected to say: Party,” a remark which met at the forefront of form- She also called on ingful vote to remove the pos- “Labour has adopted a consid- sibility of a “No vote leading to ered approach to Brexit based a no deal [exit].” on the national interest and The shadow Brexit secretary rooted in our values of inter- is due to say in a speech in Bir- nationalism, solidarity and mingham that MPs should be equality, [along with] a belief given power to instruct the gov- that we achieve more together ernment what to do if a deal than we do alone… is voted down by Parliament. “We completely reject the ■ TUC YOUNG WORKERS CONFERENCE He will dismiss claims by notion that Brexit should make Brexit Minister Lord Callanan Britain a more insular country that a Commons defeat will or cut ourselves off from our open the way to Britain crash- allies.” Public-sector pay

■ FRONT PAGE ‘has very far to go’ by Sam Tobin increases as well as private- LABOUR VOWS TO TAKE at Congress House sector employees getting wage rises. ON THE GLOBAL ELITE But she warned that “only PAY deals for public-sector one in 20 young workers FROM P1: Its other commit- women in Haiti, Labour says it employees will not be holds a union card” and ments include helping coun- will commit to transfer power enough to win back work- said unions have “got to tries in receipt of aid to halve away from the aid industry and ers’ trust after years of wage crack that nut.” the income gap between the into the hands of people and suppression, TUC general Ms O’Grady told delegates top-earning 10 per cent and communities. secretary Frances O’Grady that it was a “great time” the poorest 40 per cent by Ms Osamor will say: “The said yesterday. to be meeting ahead of the 2030, and eliminate it entirely appalling incidences of sexual She told the TUC’s Young TUC’s 150th anniversary, by 2040. exploitation that have come to Workers Conference in while Labour has seen its Also, the party pledges to light show the terrible ways in London, days after Health vote share increase and take “bold action on the glo- which those made powerful by Secretary Jeremy Hunt the “Tories at each other’s bal economy rigged in favour aid practices can abuse their announced a 6.5 per cent throats.” of elites” by promoting alter- positions. pay rise for NHS workers, She suggested that this native economic models and “But they are also a sign of that public-sector work- was partly down to the reforming rules of taxation, an aid system that has been ers have suff ered years of Tories being rattled by the trade and debt. incentivised by successive gov- eff ective real-terms pay cuts youth vote that is in favour And Labour will shift the ernments over many years to under the 1 per cent cap. of Labour under Jeremy Department for International prioritise technocratic service Ms O’Grady said: “Even Corbyn. Development investment delivery over the core mission where they off er real pay Ms O’Grady also dismissed from fossil fuels to renewable of redistributing power, over increases, we are never Transport Secretary Chris energy sources, Ms Osamor will challenging its abuse and over going to forget that we have Grayling’s warning in the announce. standing on the side of com- had seven long years in the Daily Telegraph on Satur- Following on from the scan- munities. We all have to change public sector of real pay day about “how gloomy dal of Oxfam’s overseas work- that.” cuts. life would be under ers purchasing prostituted [email protected] “Whatever is on the table socialism.” now … is not going to get us She said: “I hate to back to where workers were break it to Chris before the fi nancial crash Grayling, but life is and we’ve got a long way to pretty gloomy as it Laugh along go to make up that money.” is, so good luck with She demanded that that one.” with Marx all public-sector workers samtobin@ get fully funded real pay peoples-press.com I’ll have the last laugh yet! Karl Marx cartoon and caricatures An ideal present for the Marx bicentenary. £11.49 including p&p cheques to PPPS, 52 Beachy Road, London E2 2NS, phone (020) 8510-0815 or online at shop.morningstaronline.co.uk morningstaronline.co.uk Morning Star morningstaronline news Monday @m_star_online March 26 2018 5

■ HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN: The McStrikers in the Old Palace Yard in London last year BIG RISE IN SLAVERY FEARS ABOUT BRITS NEW RECORD: Other nationalities outnumbered in referrals for fi rst time

by Lamiat Sabin coastal towns to sell heroin and “online spaces” to enable their crack and move cash around. off ending. There was a 66 per cent rise The NRM is a framework for RECORD numbers of British in minors being referred to the identifying victims of human nationals are being fl agged up NRM as suspected victims of traffi cking and modern slav- as potential victims of slavery, a labour or sexual exploitation. ery, such as those subjected new report reveals today. In total 5,145 names of poten- to sexual exploitation, forced Last year, British children tial victims of slavery or traf- labour or domestic servitude. and adults made up for the fi cking were submitted to the Possible cases are referred fi rst time the highest volume of NRM last year, up 35 per cent by fi rst response agencies to cases passed to a scheme set up on the previous year when specialist units at the NCA or to identify who is at the mercy there were 3,804 referrals. Home Offi ce. of slave drivers and traffi ckers. NCA director Will Kerr said: Not all the referred individu- A total of 819 people with “It is our assessment that the als are ultimately assessed to be British nationality were fl agged increase we are seeing here is modern slavery victims. up to the National Referral driven by an increased aware- The analysis found 116 dif- Mechanism (NRM), more than ness and greater reporting of ferent nationalities represented double the 326 in 2016. modern slavery and that is to among last year’s referrals, The development was partly be welcomed. with Albanian and Vietnam- driven by a jump in referrals “However, it also adds fur- ese nationals the next most relating to children exploited ther evidence to our view that commonly reported potential by drug gangs using the the fi gures almost certainly victims after the British. “county lines” distribution represent an underestimate Suspected labour exploita- model, National Crime Agency of the true scale of slavery and tion was the most frequently (NCA) investigators said. traffi cking in the UK.” cited category, accounting for This typically involves gangs He warned that authorities 2,352 cases — nearly half of all from cities deploying children are dealing with an “evolving referrals. ■ TUC YOUNG WORKERS CONFERENCE and teenagers to county or threat” as criminals move into [email protected] Galvanising youth ‘was key he to McDonald’s strike victory’ T BE IN IT by Sam Tobin (BFAWU) helped organise indus- Ms Batmaz said that her TO WIN IT at Congress House trial action at the McDonald’s comrades did not follow the branch in Crayford. way of “the traditional trade She told delegates at the union movement” because MCDONALD’S workers who TUC’s Young Workers Confer- most young people “don’t even b won signifi cant concessions ence in London: “We started have unions on their radar.” through the fi rst British strikes organising not by what the She added that the success clu in the company’s history have union does for you, but by what of their campaign was down to Just £5 A MONTH gives you the opportunity to win attributed their success to you can do in your workplace telling workers: “This is your galvanising young workers to to change it.” campaign, this is your work- the £501 JACKPOT. Increase your chances of winning realise the benefi ts of collective Prior to the strike, Ms Bat- place, you are the person who by taking out membership in multiples of £5. The club action. maz said people who “stood is going to change this.” Following strikes last Sep- up for themselves were getting Ms Batmaz also referred to pays out 17 prizes each month, from £25 to £501. tember — the fi rst since their hours cut.” the media backlash of criticism THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO SUPPORT YOUR PAPER. McDonald’s opened in Britain She said that it came to a for demanding £10 an hour “for in 1974 — staff received the big- point where staff thought fl ipping burgers.” By becoming a 501 Club member you are helping gest pay rise at the company in “we can either run away and She said: “It’s not as if it’s an the Morning Star cover its printing, distribution and more than a decade. change jobs, go to another shit unskilled job, there is no such Seniz Batmaz of the Bakers, job or stand together in that thing as an unskilled job.” staff costs. Food and Allied Workers Union store and fi ght together.” [email protected] he DON'T T MISS OUT! b Signup form ■ TUC YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER CONFERENCE clu My name is: Young workers in fi rst fringe gathering My address is: YOUNG trade unionists have ence — being held in Harrogate that young membership is Postcode Telephone: broken new ground by stag- over the weekend — yesterday lacking. Email: ing their fi rst “fringe” con- morning. “We need to revolutionise Please pay the Cooperative Bank PLC, Islington Branch, sort code 08-92-99 for the credit of the ference alongside the annual Ben Mayor told the confer- the way our unions approach PPPS – 501 Club, account number 6510-7317 the sum of: £ in words: Trade Union Congress meeting ence that young people had young people. They feel down- each month until further notice and debit my account accordingly. of Yorkshire and the Humber fl ocked to Labour in response trodden and feel they are lucky region, writes Peter Lazenby. to the election of leader Jeremy to be in a workplace. My account number is: My sort code is: The event included work- Corbyn and a growing mood of “I hope everybody in this Standing order start date: Signature shops, discussion on last year’s anti-austerity. room will be part of changing To the manager (include bank name, address and postcode): successful McStrike action by “But they are not refl ecting that perspective. It is about young employees at McDon- themselves in our trade unions creating a welcoming envi- ald’s, and a talk by York Labour and structures,” he said. ronment. DON’T SEND THIS FORM TO YOUR BANK. PLEASE MAIL IT TO: MP and shadow transport min- Darcy Shepherd, an 18-year- “Young workers do not have 501 Club, William Rust House, 52 Beachy Road, Bow, London E3 2NS ister Rachel Maskell. old member of Unite Commu- a voice, and they need to feel You must be 16+ to join. 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■ ITALY Far right and Five Star agree to split parliament jobs by Our Foreign Desk

ITALIAN Five Star Movement chief Luigi Di Maio praised far-right League leader Mat- teo Salvini yesterday after they cobbled together a deal to split important parliamentary posts. Mr Di Maio told the Corriere della Sera newspaper that Mr Salvini “has proved he keeps his word” and said he wouldn’t MOVING BACKWARDS: The Five Star Movement’s Roberto Fico rule out coalition talks with (centre) on his way to meet the Italian President Sergio Mattarella parliament’s right-wing bloc, of which the League is the larg- Meanwhile Five Star MP policies include opposition to est party. Roberto Fico was voted in as refugees and the introduction The rightwingers also president of the Chamber of of a universal basic income in include convicted fraudster Sil- Deputies. Both roles are more a bid to increase consumption. vio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia. It is powerful than the speaker posi- Mr Salvini’s League is more the second-largest of the group tions in Britain’s parliament. straightforwardly right-wing, and provided the candidate for Neither Five Star nor the and he has pledged to deport president of the Senate, Maria right-wing bloc has enough 500,000 foreigners if made PM. Elisabetta Alberti Casellati, seats to form a government In its editorial yesterday, the fi rst woman to hold that alone. Il Manifesto said that such a position. Mr Salvini has previously deal would likely be unaccept- But Communist paper Il rejected constructing a “weird able for the parties’ support- Manifesto saw through her coalition” with Five Star, ers, while a Five Star coalition feminist posturing in her though the latter has proven with what remains of the acceptance speech, noting she itself ideologically fl exible and much-reduced Democratic had been a loyal servant to so may bend enough to make a Party would cause the latter misogynist Mr Berlusconi for deal palatable. to crumble further. 25 years. Five Star’s mishmash of [email protected]

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in brief ■ UNITED STATES New law limits aid STUDENTS MARCH to Palestinians ISRAEL: Prime Minister Ben- jamin Netanyahu praised the United States yesterday for passing the Taylor Force Act, named for a US citizen FOR THEIR LIVES killed in Tel Aviv, which suspends some fi nancial aid to the families of Palestinians killed or jailed during clashes with Israel. IN GUN PROTESTS The Palestinians say the families are victims of violence. Palestinian RALLIES: ML King’s granddaughter calls for controls on weapons offi cial Nabil Abu Rdeneh condemned the law, saying by Our Foreign Desk ing behind him to the Capi- “extremely failed” to protect it doesn’t “allow for the tol dome, “is not cutting it.” students from gun violence creation of an atmosphere The message at the diff er- and she wants restrictions on conducive to peace.” HUNDREDS of thousands of ent rallies was consistent, automatic weapons. schoolchildren and support- with demonstrators vowing “I work extremely hard at ers rallied across the United to vote out members of Con- my studies. Sometimes I just Israel built 2,783 States at the weekend to gress who refuse to support sit in my car before going demand tougher gun laws. gun controls. to school, wondering if I’m illegal houses in ’17 The “March for Our Lives” Many rallies had tables going to be home to see my events on Saturday drew where volunteers helped mother after school,” Ms WEST BANK: Illegal massive crowds in cities people register to vote James said. settlement-building by across the country, mark- while speakers detailed the Yolanda Renee King, Mar- the occupying Israelis ing the largest youth-led policies they wanted and the tin Luther King Jnr’s nine- increased last year, with protests since the Vietnam eff ect gun violence has had year-old granddaughter, construction starting on war era. on their lives. drew from the civil rights 2,783 houses. In Washington DC, New The fi re alarm at Trenton leader’s most famous words The total for 2017 was York, Denver, Los Angeles High School is scary, said in declaring from the Wash- about 17 per cent higher and elsewhere, demonstra- 17-year-old Gabrielle ington DC stage: “I have than the annual average tors heard from student James at a march in a dream that enough is since Benjamin Netan- survivors of last month’s suburban Detroit. enough. yahu became prime school shooting in Parkland, “We don’t know “That this should be a minister in 2009. Florida. if it’s an actual drill gun-free world. Period.” Israeli group Peace “If you listen real close, or if someone’s While there were no offi - Now said it was the you can hear the people in actually inside cial numbers, the Wash- result of Donald Trump power shaking,” Parkland the school, going ington rally rivalled support, as he aban- survivor David Hogg said to to take your life,” the women’s march doned even the trans- roars from protesters pack- Ms James said at a last year that drew parent criticism of past ing Pennsylvania Avenue march in Detroit. far more than the presidents. from a stage near the Capitol She said govern- predicted 300,000. to a spot many blocks away ment has international@ towards the White House. peoples-press.com UN calls on Saudi “We’re going to take this Star to every election, to every comment: to stop aid block state and every city … p8 Because this,” he said, point- YEMEN: The UN children’s agency has demanded that warring factions — prima- rily the Saudi-led coalition, stop blocking aid deliveries. Unicef director Geert Cap- pelaere said the lack of aid MORNINGSTAR access was fuelling dire mal- nutrition among children ONLINE.CO.UK and hampered eff orts to halt a massive cholera outbreak. The socialist news hub Saudi Arabia, conducting the war with British and US weapons and under their supervision, tightened its blockade late last year. ■ SYRIA Insurgents move out of Iran slams Bolton’s role as ‘shameful’ besieged eastern Ghouta IRAN: The government HUNDREDS of Syrian insur- ing their faces from the news has branded John Bol- gents and civilians were bussed cameras on the road and chil- ton’s appointment as US out of a second pocket of the dren peered out the windows. national security adviser besieged eastern Ghouta sub- Insurgents began evacuat- as shameful. urbs of Damascus yesterday ing another pocket of eastern Parliamentary security after rebels agreed to leave Ghouta on Thursday. At least committee spokesman several towns and villages fol- 7,000 people left the town of Hossein Naghavi Hos- lowing weeks of shelling. Harasta, bound for the Islamist- seini said Mr Bolton’s Roughly 900 people were held Idlib province in northern appointment, as well as evacuated from the southern- Syria. that of former CIA chief most of three pockets, follow- Syria’s government has Mike Pompeo as secre- ing some 1,000 jihadists, family off ered the fi ghters and male tary of state, “proves that members and other civilians residents a choice between RUSSIA: At least three children, a woman and a man have died in a fi re that broke out yesterday in a multistorey the fi nal US purpose is who departed late on Saturday. disarmament and military con- shopping centre in the Siberian city of Kemerovo. Russia’s Sputnik news site reported that the fi re broke out on overthrowing the Islamic Fighters dressed in fatigues scription, or being backed off to the fourth fl oor of the Winter Cherry building — a part of the centre which has a cinema, raising concerns that Republic.” slumped in their bus seats, hid- other areas still held by rebels. more children were trapped. Around 26 people were taken to hospital for treatment, while at least 17 are missing. Morning Star morningstaronline.co.uk 8 Monday features morningstaronline March 26 2018 @m_star_online

Pic: Karl Weiss OR those watching Star comment abroad, Russia’s presidential elec- tion last weekend Fwas unexciting. Vladimir Putin, A comprehensive ban on who has ruled the country for 18 years, won easily just as he automatic weapons is was predicted to. His 76 per cent vote share — up 13 per cent on 2012’s — is the only solution evidence of either his endur- ing popularity as the leader of a resurgent Russia or the crooked TENS of thousands demonstrated across the US over the nature of the election itself, weekend calling for stronger gun control — described depending on who you talk to. as the biggest demonstrations since the Vietnam war. I talked to Dr Vyacheslav The great majority were young. Many were school Tetekin. The chief political children and many were black. Martin Luther King’s adviser to Communist Party of granddaughter was among the speakers. the Russian Federation leader This reflects a key dimension of the gun control issue Gennady Zyuganov, who met in the United States. me on election morning, is a Guns killed 38,000 in the US last year; 85,000 were veteran of multiple elections injured. If you are black, you are eight times more likely and played a key role in the to be killed. If you are black and aged below 21 you are party’s campaign this time 10 times more likely. around. You are also far more likely to be shot dead by police if We spoke before voting was you are black. Last year police in the US shot 427 whites over and were unaware of how and 223 blacks — yet black people make up only 13 per the communist candidate, Pavel SOCIALISTS: Communist Party political adviser Dr Vyacheslav cent of the population. Grudinin, would do (he came Tetekin (left) and (right) the party’s candidiate Pavel Grudinin Just three days before this weekend’s demonstrations second, with 11.77 per cent or an unarmed black youth was shot dead by police in his 8.7 million votes). grandmother’s garden in Sacramento. Such a result will please Trump’s immediate reaction to the most recent school him: it’s less than Zyuganov shooting in Parkland, Florida, was to call for the arming managed in 2012, but Tetekin of teachers. Three states, Florida, Oklahoma and Dakota, is well aware that the system are already amending their legislation. is stacked against them. ‘Change in Russia The National Association for the Advancement of Col- “The Russian electoral sys- oured People, the historic campaigning body for black tem is based on fraud basically,” US citizens, warns of the dangers and calls instead for he says. “There is strong manip- the comprehensive banning of lethal weapons. ulation. First by the electoral It does so because this is the only workable solution — commission.” already proven to be so in Australia. But it also opposes Tetekin lists a number of guns in schools because of the endemic, continuing rac- the ways local authority fig- ism in US society — a racism which extends into all areas ures act to influence the vote: below or be settle of life including schools. poorly paid public servants Where does Donald Trump stand? Previously he has being offered 10,000 rouble been very closely associated with the National Rifle sums for the trouble of sitting Association (NRA). on the electoral commissions, sums they know they won’t see VYACHESLAV TETEKIN speaks with the Sta again if they notice anything untoward; social services being Like Ronald Reagan before him, Trump’s presidential deployed to visit patients and system, Communist Party candidate Pavel Gru bid was supported and very heavily funded by the NRA. offer to help them to “come and During the week, in face of growing demands for a vote for our dear president;” the ruling elite. Now it’s risen mittee, neither of whom was a by Ben Chacko ban, he caused consternation by suggesting not a ban management in private firms again, but not enough. Real party member. but stronger background checks on buyers, possibly even telling their employees to take wages have been going down This doesn’t worry Tetekin: a tighter age test. photos of their ballot papers for four years. People feel the “Grudinin is a socialist, there is Trump is the consummate populist and all the more and bring them in the next at the grassroots. The campaign decline in their pockets. Educa- no question about that. Social- dangerous for it. He will protect guns but understands morning to prove they voted spread like wildfire. tion and medical care are get- ism is the first stage of commu- the political limits. the right way. “People say it’s only the ting more and more expensive. nism.” He talks of the need for Equally last summer he backed away from support- A media establishment in older generation who support There’s no end to it.” the communists to reach out ing white supremacists in Carolina but defended the Putin’s pocket adds to the the communists — the nostal- This may be why young peo- and build a broad alliance of historic significance of Confederate statues. The sym- obstacles anyone running gic Soviet generation who are ple are more inclined to vote progressives. bolism remains. against the president faces. This dying out. for change: “The country is “One of the base areas of This underlines the deep dangers that exist within is why Tetekin states frankly “Actually it’s the opposite. tired of the reign of Putin.” support for us is actually small US politics. Ahead of this autumn’s mid-term elections, that he is “not very interested The elderly are the main bul- This, too, influenced the business,” he says. “Small busi- Trump’s approval ratings are improving and the Repub- in the results,” a seemingly odd wark of support for Putin.” Communist Party’s choice of nesses have been systematically licans are closing the gap on the Democrats. comment from a top adviser to By contrast, the younger candidate. I ask why Zyuganov destroyed in the interests of oli- Trump’s policies are designed to advance the inter- the leader of the opposition on people are, and the more active didn’t stand again — he’s still garchs. These are people who ests of the very rich. Goldman Sachs estimate that the election day. they are online, the likelier the party leader, after all. have learned the hard way that effect of his tax cuts will be to increase the payouts to He even suspects that a they seemed to back Grudinin; “Comrade Zyuganov has there is no such thing as the shareholders in the top 500 US companies by 12 per desire to demonstrate the com- many online-only polls had been on the political scene for free market — because big cent. However, they also estimate a 6 per cent increase munists are in decline will lead him with a comfortable lead 25 years,” says Tetekin. “I’m monopoly capital destroys the in wage incomes. to the books being cooked so over Putin, often by as much not saying he’s tired. But for free market.” Admittedly the same tax cuts will decimate the fed- they come in third, behind Lib- as 45 per cent to 25 per cent. five, six presidential elections Listening to the anger with eral services on which workers depend. But 6 per cent eral Democrat leader Vladimir “Living standards are in we’ve had the same faces: which Tetekin describes the is 6 per cent. And Trump will insist that his “America Zhirinovsky, whose ferocious decline. People try to explain Putin, Zyuganov, Zhirinovsky, impact of the Putin regime on First” policies have created 2.4 million new jobs and cut nationalist rhetoric has never the length of Putin’s domi- [Grigory] Yavlinsky. The coun- the poor, it seems ironic that unemployment to 4.6 per cent. stopped him voting quietly nance: he’s so cunning, so try needs change — it needs much British coverage claims Trump’s threat of trade war with China over steel and with the government “once the shrewd. Rubbish. new faces. the Communist Party is a “fake aluminium seeks to further consolidate this populist shouting has subsided,” as the “The only Marxist expla- “Grudinin is not a member opposition,” broadly support- base. Oxford University Russianist nation for Putin is oil prices. of the Communist Party” (nor ive of the government (often These are trademark policies of the extreme right Edmund Griffiths has observed. When he took over from [Boris] is Putin of his electoral vehi- citing its support for some of and parallel the rise of populist right-wing parties in In the event, the communist Yeltsin on January 1 2000 it was cle, United Russia, incidentally). Putin’s foreign policy choices the economically devastated industrial areas of the EU. vote proved too strong for that, $18 a barrel. “But he is a committed social- — an ironic criticism from a They are also signs of a capitalist system in deep and Grudinin came home with “While he was in office it ist. He is younger. He has been country with a long history trouble, now only able to resolve the inherent crisis of more than double Zhirinovsky’s rose to $120 a barrel. Much very successful as the head of of Labour-Tory consensus on capital accumulation either at the expense of workers tally. went into the pockets of his the collective farm the Lenin allegiance to Washington and or externally at the expense of others. What interests Tetekin is cronies, but some drops fell Sovkhoz.” trigger-happy behaviour across Trump may (slightly) restrict access to handguns. US more the story of the election into the hands of ordinary Grudinin was Zyuganov’s the Middle East). expenditure on weapons of mass destruction has already campaign itself. people. preference as the candidate of “Russia has played a posi- been increased by 12 per cent. The party has been “sur- “When oil dropped to $40 a the party — from two options tive role in Syria,” Tetekin says prised by the level of support barrel there was panic among presented to the central com- when I raise this. “No question morningstaronline.co.uk Morning Star morningstaronline features Monday @m_star_online March 26 2018 9 A life dedicated to the labour movement Peter Lazenby writes about leading trade unionist ALEX McFADDEN

AKING place today is the funeral of Alex McFadden (pic- Ttured), a trade union activist who became the oldest mem- ber of his union. McFadden, who was active in the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) and its predecessor the National Union of Railwaymen (NUR) died on February 27 at the age of 95. Mr McFadden lived most of his life in north-east Eng- land, where he was a leading ia will come from local and national figure in his union, representing it in negotiations with national government. His uncle fought for the Spanish Republic against Franco’s fascists in the 1930s. Mr McFadden joined the tled in the streets’ Communist Party of Great Britain, but left in the 1950s and later joined the Labour Party. He subsequently quit in disgust as Labour presided over anti-working class cuts. tar about Vladimir Putin, the flawed electoral He joined the NUR in May 1940 when he began work as an engine cleaner in Gates- rudinin and the youth’s support for communism head at the age of 17. He later became a fireman and then — we have helped save that pressing for stronger support an improvement on Yeltsin, he an engine driver. His first country from the savagery of for the anti-fascist resistance is exasperated. union post was shed secre- Islamic State. But something in Ukraine and describes the “It’s the same thing as tary. should have been done a long Kremlin as “timid” on the Yeltsin,” he exclaims. “The Later he was elected secre- time ago. matter. Yeltsin team is still in power. tary of the influential Gates- “We shouldn’t have allowed He is unconvinced that Putin The same ideology, the same head No 1 NUR branch, with the destruction of Yugoslavia, is behind the poisoning of Ser- approach, often enough the a thousand members, and Iraq, Libya. Not socialist coun- gei Skripal and his daughter same people. 15 NUR members sitting on tries, but independent coun- either. “I’m a strong opponent “Manufacturing has been Gateshead Council. tries. It was only when it came of the current regime, but I’m destroyed. Putin talks of new He served two periods on round to Syria that Putin real- convinced that Russia has noth- missiles. But the electronics the NUR national executive ised: ‘They are depriving us of ing to do with it. Whose inter- are foreign. The machine tools from 1965 to 1967 and again allies.’ Only after a long list of ests does it serve? Not Russia’s. are foreign. The country needs in 1971 to 1973. ebrate, along with others on branches and individuals foreign policy failures did Putin “After the doping scandal, reindustrialisation. It needs He then became a full-time the negotiating committee. for which we will always be finally act. the furore over interference change,” he repeats again. NUR officer in Scotland, but “It wasn’t beer and sand- grateful.” “Then there’s Crimea. But in the US elections, with the returned to England as North wiches that time, but the Crimea has always been part World Cup coming up, this is ow will that East regional secretary, a job hard stuff,” he recalled. lex was later of Russia.” the last thing Putin wants.” change come? he held until retirement in He was active in the 1984-5 invited to join The current geographical In contrast, the poisoning The Corbyn 1987. miners’ strike against pit clo- the platform Ukraine, he notes wryly, is could be seen to serve the inter- phenomenon His first period involved sures. at the Durham actually a product of the Soviet ests of the British Establish- Hhas not gone with national office was As a regional official in one AMiners’ Gala. Union. ment, he feels: a renewed fear unnoticed in shortly after Harold Wilson’s of the mining heartlands he He remained Lenin took the decision to of Russia could foster greater Russia; Tetekin says the com- Labour government came to played an important role in active after he retired in 1987, reinforce the base for Bolshe- solidarity among EU govern- munists hope to learn from power in 1964. organising practical solidar- and Bob Crow, the late general vism in agrarian Ukraine by ments, easing Brexit negotia- Labour on energising young In 1966 the union found ity — including provision of a secretary of the RMT, was a adding highly industrialised tions, while the scandal has people. But if the Russian elec- itself in dispute and, as a turkey for every miner’s fam- visitor to his home. areas such as the Donbass, also allowed the British press toral system is as fixed as he member of the NUR negotiat- ily at Christmas. He leaves sons Alec, Colin Dnepropetrovsk and Kharkov, to claim Labour leader Jeremy has told me, will that help? ing committee, McFadden met The late Dave Hopper, gen- and Ian, four grandchildren which speak Russian to this day. Corbyn is in Moscow’s pocket “People can feel there is Wilson and other government eral secretary the National and three great-grandchil- In 1939 Stalin added the far for asking subversive questions something fundamentally officials at 10 Downing Street Union of Mineworkers (NUM) dren. western edge that had previ- such as what the results of the wrong,” he says. “Change will over “beer and sandwiches” in North East Area, said of him: His funeral takes place at ously been part of the Austrian police investigation are. come from below. We hope it an effort to find a resolution. “Alex was regional secretary noon today at Birtley Cremato- empire and then Poland and Double agents like Skripal, will come via the ballot box. McFadden remembered of the NUR at the time of the rium in Chester le Street, DH3 which has been the most recep- he reminds me, are always “But if the current down- fondly that, after settling a strike and a very good sup- 1PQ, followed by a celebration tive to fascist ideas; and Crimea being watched by British as ward economic trend contin- crucial deal on freight liner porter of the miners and the of his life at the Moulders was transferred from Russia to well as Russian intelligence. ues, the question of power will terminals in 1967, he was NUM. Arms. Ukraine by Khrushchev in the As for the rest, he has no be solved in the streets.” invited by government min- “No members ever crossed 1950s. time for the government. ister Barbara Castle to the a picket line and we had a ■ Peter Lazenby is the Morning Tetekin says the communists When I mention that some on ■ Ben Chacko is editor of the Morn- Ministry of Transport to cel- lot of financial support from Star’s northern reporter. are actually “more resolute” in the British left regard Putin as ing Star. Morning Star morningstaronline.co.uk 10 Monday features morningstaronline March 26 2018 @m_star_online Bolton’s appointment is bad news for the Iranian people

URING the administration JANE GREEN assesses the implications of the return of the rightwinger for of George W Bush, the under Dsecretary of Iran, its protesting workers, the nuclear deal and the Middle East state for arms control, one John Bolton, was an enthusiastic supporter of the invasion of Iraq. In spite of the catastrophe which followed in human, political and military terms, Bolton remains an enthusias- tic interventionist. With recent titles such as To Stop Iran’s Bomb, Bomb Iran under his belt, it does not take a great deal of digging to find that Bolton’s position has not fundamentally changed in the intervening 15 years. If anything, Bolton’s position has hardened as he has openly argued for regime change in Iran in recent years. Bolton’s appointment fol- lows hard on the heels of the recent sacking of secretary of state Rex Tillerson in favour of CIA director Mike Pompeo — another confirmed hardliner and outspoken opponent of the Iran 5+1 nuclear deal. Taken together, these appointments shift the balance in the White House towards a shredding of the Iran nuclear JINGOIST: US national security adviser John Bolton deal, negotiated at great length Pic: Gage Sidmore/Creative Commons with European partners, as well as Russia and China, under former US president Barack reserves, the Saudis have been In an interview with CBS eration purposes, the Israelis Sharif and the current troop ruling theocracy to justify Obama. in negotiations for some years News, Mohammed bin Salman nevertheless argued that this deployment puts Pakistan in repression of dissent and as a The new balance signals the with the US over diversifica- openly stated that “Saudi Ara- could lead to weapons capa- danger of being drawn into a means to demand total loyalty. greater likelihood of a military tion of their energy base and bia does not want to acquire bility and thus launched the wider Middle East conflict, with Iranian people need peace option being considered in rela- are keen to negotiate access to any nuclear bomb, but with- pre-emptive strike, only now the Houthi rebels in Yemen to be able to build their move- tion to Iran. technology which would allow out a doubt if Iran developed a admitted due to the declas- being backed by Iran. ment for a democratic and just The US position will have them to build a nuclear reactor. nuclear bomb, we will follow sification of previously secret One observer has described future. That is the only viable been further reinforced by the The Iran nuclear deal was suit as soon as possible.” Israeli intelligence material. Pakistan’s position as “a bal- route to stable democratic visit last week of Saudi Crown predicated upon the unfounded Not only has he referred Further instability in the ancing act that increasingly change. Prince Mohammed bin Salman. assertion that, in developing a to the Iranian nuclear deal region is fuelled by the recent resembles a tightrope as con- The US support for hawk- Fresh from his state visit to Brit- civil nuclear programme, the as a “flawed agreement,” he revelations that a thousand flicts and disputes in the Gulf ish regimes in Saudi Arabia ain — from which he emerged Iranian regime would inevita- has made clear that any deal Pakistani troops are to be sent mushroom.” and Israel, combined with an bristling with weapons — the bly move towards the creation relating to the development to Saudi Arabia, as part of a For the people of Iran there increasingly right-wing line- US will be looking to add to the of nuclear weapons. of nuclear energy in Saudi long-standing bilateral agree- is little good news in the cur- up of personnel in the White $54 billion spent by the Saudis The inspection regime Arabia will not be subject to ment between the two coun- rent alignment of forces in the House, increases the possibil- with US arms suppliers in the imposed by the agreement, the same limitations — in par- tries, on a so called “train and Middle East and in the White ity of external intervention in past nine months. however, prevents the Irani- ticular regarding the capacity advise” mission. House. Iran. As President Donald Trump ans from enriching uranium to upgrade uranium and pluto- While it is claimed that the Widespread protests inside While the West may have made clear: “Saudi Arabia is and reprocessing plutonium to nium to weapons-grade levels. troops will not be used in the Iran, expressing disillusion- had its fingers burnt provok- a very wealthy nation, and weapons-grade levels. While some in the US are Saudi conflict with Yemen, the ment with the regime’s eco- ing civil war and outside inter- they’re going to give the United In exchange, the 5+1 deal understandably nervous about deployment coincides with the nomic policy, political corrup- vention in Syria, that may not States some of that wealth, obliges the West to lift some the prospect of a Middle East culmination of a week-long tion and human rights record be enough to stop it taking its hopefully, in the form of jobs, of the sanctions imposed upon nuclear arms race, the danger joint exercise between the have met with arrests and vio- chances on another military in the form of the purchase of Iran and allows for greater of the Saudis going to the Rus- Saudi and Pakistani navies in lent suppression. adventure. the finest military equipment capacity for Iran to trade in sians or Chinese for nuclear the Arabian Sea. The limited lifting of sanc- Both Saudi Arabia and Israel anywhere in the world.” international markets. technology rings even greater Retired Pakistani army chief tions which the 5+1 agreement regard Iran as an existential The Crown Prince added In spite of these restrictions, alarm bells. Raheel Sharif was appointed was meant to facilitate has not threat. Their combined mili- that last year’s Saudi pledge and the crippling impact which The warnings to Iran were last year as the first com- been enough to alleviate the tary capability would be a force of $200bn in investments will sanctions have had upon the ramped up even further last mander of the Islamic Mili- high levels of unemployment to be reckoned with. rise to approximately $400bn Iranian economy, the Saudis week when Israel, strategi- tary Alliance to Fight Terror- and rampant inflation in the In military terms, Iran would and that a 10-year window to cannot countenance a Middle cally allied to both the US ism (Imaft) which is being Iranian economy. be no pushover. However, for implement the deal had already East in which Iran has even a and Saudi Arabia in the Mid- described as the “Muslim Nato,” Those in work are poorly the people of Iran, any outside begun. limited civilian nuclear capabil- dle East, admitted to bombing an alliance of largely Sunni paid and often on short-term intervention would be a step The Saudis also have a ity if they have none. a suspected Syrian nuclear Muslim Islamic states led by contracts. Those out of work backwards in terms of the longer-term agenda, however, Saudi ambitions to develop reactor in 2007 and took the Saudi Arabia. Unsurprisingly, are sinking into poverty. While fight for peace, social justice in their engagement with the nuclear energy are, on the one opportunity to warn Iran that Shi’ite Muslim Iran is not part protests have rocked the gov- and democracy. United States, which is to fulfil hand, about keeping pace with it would not be allowed to of this alliance. ernment, it has not been dis- their aspirations to become a Iran and asserting dominance develop nuclear weapons. Given the international out- lodged. ■ Jane Green is national organiser nuclear power. as the regional Islamic super- While the Syrian reactor was rage the Saudi role in Yemen The threat of military attack of the Committee for the Defence of In spite of their massive oil power. purely for civilian energy gen- has raised, the appointment of on Iran would be used by the the Iranian People’s Rights. morningstaronline.co.uk Morning Star morningstaronline Monday @m_star_online culture March 26 2018 11 n LEISURE Revelatory walks through the city of light and revolutions

A Walk Through Paris: A I’d drift away from he seeks out, street by Luxembourg Gardens, Beau- It’s a book that also has and elegant women, dressed Radical Exploration the imposing Hauss- street, the “very dis- bourg and Montmartre, it revelatory insights into in the antique style, were by Eric Hazan mann boulevards tant fragments of the also delves into the radical the city’s monumental and sculpted by artists now (Verso, £10.39) into the local neigh- past on the border of past and present of a city vernacular architecture, an forgotten but are a match bourhoods, a limit- forgetfulness.” which over the last three example being the author’s for many exhibited in the less source of ever- There can be no centuries has witnessed meditation on the facade of Musee d’Orsay.” NE of my great intriguing discoveries better guide than republican revolution, the the Gare du Nord, a model Next time you’re in pleasures when of cités, impasses and the author in reveal- inspirational example of of acuity which puts the Paris, bin that overpriced Oresiding in Paris hotels, particularly in ing these sites of the the 1871 Commune, resist- constipated prissiness of guide to its churches and was walking working-class areas which, unknown, the airbrushed ance to nazi occupation, the a Pevsner or a Betjeman to palaces. Armed with this through the city. I lived unlike in London, are just from history and the unex- heady days of May 1968 and, shame. marvellous book, a map close to the Gard du Nord about resisting the gentrify- pected. from the time of Jacques “The facade of the Gare and a Guide du Routard in the immigrant area of ing tides of “regeneration” His magisterial The Inven- Chirac’s kleptocratic tenure du Nord was a masterpiece,” for refuelling stops, you’ll the Goutte d’Or, first made that have decanted local tion of Paris is one of the as mayor in the 1970s, a bru- Hazan writes.”It is a shame truly connect with the city famous in Emile Zola’s populations from its centre. best radical histories of tal urban reconfiguration. that no-one stops to con- and the people who have novels and evocatively In his book, Hazan takes a the capital written and he Hazan draws on his ency- template it, whereas crowds made it what it is. described in Eric Hazan’s different trajectory, passing brings a similar leftist sen- clopaedic knowledge of throng in front of the facade A walk through Paris is A Walk Through Paris. through the east-west Paris sibility to this book, pub- literature, politics and sci- of Notre Dame, whose statu- literally an eye-opener — It only took an hour or so, meridian and in his mean- lished in Britain to coincide entific discovery — he was ary is no older than that of would that it were available heading south, to reach the ders, which start in a book- with he 50th anniversary of at one time a practising sur- the railway station … when I lived there. Seine and the epicentre of store in the formerly com- the May 1968 student revolt. geon — to construct a hugely “On the sides, statues rep- Available at the discounted “the city of light” and over munist stronghold of Ivry At the same time as it engaging commentary with resent the northern capitals price of £10.39 from Verso time, as I grew more familiar and end in another in the sheds new light on the its finger on the city’s still- – Berlin, London, Brussels, Books, versobooks.com with the city’s topography, “red belt” town of St Denis, tourist hot spots of the beating radical pulse. Amsterdam. These proud LEN PHELAN n CURRENT AFFAIRS A discredit to South Africa’s Pic: Discott/Creative Commons liberation ethos Ronnie Kasrils’s book on disgraced ex-president Jacob Zuma lifts the lid on the scandals and controversies surrounding his time in office, says JOHN HAYLETT RIGHTEOUS ANGER: Protesters carry a placard with the image of Atul Gupta — facing corruption charges and currently on the run — and a caricature of Jacob Zuma at the ‘Zuma must fall’ protests last year A Simple Man hushed tones to his woman Schabir Shaik’s corrupt dealings by Ronnie Kasrils friend in the house and hear- over a deal with French arms him, comrade Blade?” Kasrils and women’s leagues outside the tiated end to apartheid and (Jacana, £16.95) ing the words “umlungu” and company Thomson-CSF. responded. “You will discover court, which eventually acquit- introduction of democracy a “mampara,” adding up to “stu- Kasrils, Mbeki’s military he is a law unto himself. Mark ted Zuma. quarter-century ago, founded pid white man” in the Zulu intelligence minister, delivered my words, the party one day However the trial evidence on what he calls a Faustian HIS book’s title tongue in which Homeboy was his assessment of Zuma, high- will deeply regret this support and cross-examination car- pact when the ANC bought into might convey the not yet proficient. lighting his “tribalism, the ques- for Jacob Zuma.” ried extensively in the media, imperialism’s neoliberal global impression that it Baba’s subsequent return tion of morality, the fact that he The story comes full circle including his bizarre testimony formula and market fundamen- is a biography by to his comrade with soothing is no working-class hero and the with Nzimande’s speech to to taking a shower to minimise talism, putting the revolution- Tthe former head words and a hot coffee issue of conspiracy and the 2017 SACP congress almost the risk of Aids, contributed to ary change necessary to meet of intelligence in is cited to extrapolate an security.” exactly 12 years later, when growing popular disenchant- the needs of South Africa’s South Africa’s liberation move- assessment of Zuma as There was also the the party leader declared that ment with Zuma, bringing huge disenfranchised masses on the ment armed wing uMKhonto we an unkind and two-faced issue of corruption a “marriage of convenience” electoral losses for the ANC. back burner. Sizwe (MK) about his comrade- Judas and this is possibly although, as he was had lain behind the efforts to Kasrils tackles the scandals Patience was preached to in-arms Jacob Zuma. the least convincing epi- reminded by party chair- replace Mbeki with Zuma add- and controversies associated the working class and landless However, the subtitle Kasrils sode of the book. Kasrils man Gwede Mantashe, ing: “Our trust has been broken with the Zuma presidency, peasants, while those with con- and the Zuma enigma reveals has examples enough to general secretary Blade and we have been betrayed.” including corporate state cap- nections jumped on the black that this volume covers rela- show Zuma in this light Nzimande and deputy GS Kasrils relates in convincing ture by the wealthy Gupta economic empowerment gravy tions between the two men without what might appear Jeremy Cronin, big business and detail the fate of others whose family, diversion of public train as capitalism’s junior part- whose paths crossed continu- a manifestation of recovered the apartheid system were the trust was broken and who were funds to build his private rural ners. ously in MK, the Communist memory. masters of this field. betrayed by Zuma, not least compound at Nkandla, the What is most noteworthy is Party (SACP), the ANC and in He encapsulates the core of Kasrils’s interventions were Fezekile “Fezeka” Ntsukela Kuz- police massacre of miners at Kasrils’s lack of bitterness and, high government office, dealing his argument — the ability of heard. But he was clearly fight- wayo, the HIV-positive lesbian Marikana, high-level though indeed, his refusal to subside with their different assessments Zuma to subvert through lies ing an uphill battle in light of his daughter of MK comrade Judson incompetent falsification of into cynicism and despair. His of developments. and subterfuge the revolution- comrades’ growing discontent Kuzwayo who had grown up giv- emails, politicisation of security Marxism is undimmed and he It opens with a vignette of ary movement, including the with Mbeki’s government and ing both Baba and Homeboy the units and much more. remains confident that real Zuma and Kasrils, aka Baba SACP, while plundering it and its sidelining of the SACP and the honorific “Uncle.” He points the finger but tries revolutionary change will come. and Homeboy, on a two-man undermining its values and role Cosatu trade union federation, Her phone call to Kasrils in to understand how and why it “Once mobilised and inspired mission into Swaziland from — by recalling an SACP polit- especially over its ditching of November 2005 was direct. was possible for a Zuma to come the masses, who are the true Mozambique 35 years ago when buro meeting in the Johannes- the Reconstruction and Develop- “Uncle Ronnie, Jacob Zuma has to the fore and to besmirch the creators of history, have the Homeboy is injured falling awk- burg party HQ in July 2005. ment Programme and adoption raped me.” name of a liberation movement creativity and strength to storm wardly from a border fence and, This was shortly after then of neoliberal policies. Nzimande Fezeka’s brave decision to that had been all but universally the heavens,” he asserts in rec- leaning heavily on his comrade, president Thabo Mbeki had told him that, in most comrades’ press charges brought down on viewed as a model of decency ognisable imagery. is assisted back over the fence sacked his deputy Zuma in view, a Zuma presidency repre- her head concerted pressure to with a leader in Nelson Mandela “Call this People’s Power; give and across country to a safe response to a High Court judge- sented “the best opening for the change her mind and an ava- embodying all the most positive it the name of democratic social- house. ment that he had benefited left in this country.” lanche of co-ordinated abuse, human attributes. ism if you will. He recalls Baba talking in financially from his adviser “You think you can manage especially from the ANC youth Kasrils returns to the nego- “Another world is possible.” Morning Star morningstaronline.co.uk Monday morningstaronline 12 March 26 2018 info | entertainment @m_star_online

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Solution tomorrow… Who’s speaking for British Muslims? Maybe you’re asking the wrong thing QUIZMASTER with William Sitwell IT’S only taken decades, but Will the solution be pre- the New Year rush at Notting- TODAY’S QUESTIONS the phenomenon of state sented that maybe Muslims ham University Hospitals. institutions lavishing power should just be treated as nor- The sheer weight of the last on “Muslim community rep- mal people rather than poten- few years of cuts is on full dis- 1 Chiliad (pronounced ‘Kiliad’) is resentatives” based seemingly tial fi fth columnists to be play as the intitution struggles a rare term referring to how on who’s prepared to shout the constantly surveilled through to deal with an infl ux of casual- many objects? loudest co-operate is under the programmes such as Prevent? ties into A&E, leaving dozens TV microscope tonight. Answers on a postcard. lying on trollies waiting for 2 Which river forms most of the Sadly Who Speaks for British Speaking of dodgy sharp- admission while surgeries are boundary between Car- Muslims? (8pm Channel 4) is elbowed blowhards being given put off . marthenshire and Ceredigion? focusing on the angle of ter- too much infl uence, today’s If there is one show that rorism, rather than taking the pick of what to miss would have really brings home the impact 3 In both the 2014 and 2018 perspective that maybe sharp- to be The Kyle Files (8pm ITV). of Tory austerity on human life, Winter Olympics, Lizzy elbowed local busybodies aren’t Jeremy Kyle remains as self- it’s Hospital — without any Yarnold was the only Briton to always the right people to focus satisfi ed and odious as ever, need to editorialise or exag- win what? infl uence and resources on. but is in the midst of trying gerate. It just shows what’s Still, the point is well made to improve himself with doc- happening. that if your relationship with umentary-making. To end on a happier note, YESTERDAY’S ANSWERS Muslims is mainly one of see- It doesn’t work. The Art of Spain (9pm BBC4) is ing them as a semi-hostile alien If you want a decent docu- covering the classic works of 1. Which star is known, among other names, 3. In which episode of Blackadder II does species to be manipulated and mentary to watch though, Picasso, Miro and Dali tonight, as Loki’s Torch? Sirius (pic above is of Loki Blackadder say to the Queen: “I was neutralised through targeted Hospital (9pm BBC2) is defi nitely and the two former artists in planning a jaunt around the Cape of Good from an 18th-century Icelandic maniscript) relations with “co-operative” pick of the day. particular are a real treat for Hope, myself. I’m leaving a week on 2. Who whistle blew at blacklist fi rm the elements, you’re going to pick Opening this new series of the any anti-fascist to spend an Thursday”? Potato Consulting Association? Alan Wainwright up some dodgy partners. award-winning show is a look at hour or so watching. morningstaronline.co.uk Morning Star morningstaronline letters Monday @m_star_online March 26 2018 13

■ FAITH DEBATE ■ STROUD RED SHED Religion and Blatant power plays should have no place on the left Marxism share I WAS very disappointed, but I mentioned Max Weber in the I also mentioned Freud — projected out on to the world, I welcome all the work that not altogether surprised, to see interview. Weber showed with and I have to say, as a former rather than owned and worked Hugh and the organisations he the goal of an the letter by Hugh Kirkbride great clarity how human insti- psychotherapist, that I am often through at a personal level. mentions do in Gloucestershire. (March 23) that was critical of tutions invariably have prob- appalled and disheartened in So I completely disagree with I just wish he was able to show equal society the Stroud Red Shed. It seems lematic bureaucratic dynamics equal measure by the lack of Hugh that Red Shed and other a similar welcome to creative to be lost on Hugh that the posi- that routinely get in the way of personal awareness found in such initiatives should toe the initiatives that work with great I NOTE the interesting tion he takes is precisely what healthy, eff ective functioning activists on the left, and the institutional line or be side- eff ect outside of the established debate on the letters Debbie Hicks spoke of in our — and such human limitations unconscious “acting-out” of lined and vilifi ed. Such fl agrant orthodox institutions of the left. page regarding religion interview (M Star March 21). of “the group” transcend politi- power issues and personal dis- power plays have no place on RICHARD HOUSE and Marxism. Hugh might remember that cal affi liation of left and right. tress that get unconsciously the left that I’m committed to. Stroud In general, religion has a goal of building a society of the brother- hood of mankind for all ■ LABOUR PARTY to be treated equally. In particular, Marxism Williamson is right, MPs should has a goal of building a socio-economic system, face mandatory reselection communism, where all are treated equally. CONGRATULATIONS to John Let’s hope we get mandatory Religion, based on an Haylett on an excellent article reselection soon. idealist philosophy, can (M Star March 23) exposing JOHN SWINBURNE only believe that human the latest maneouvres of the Midlothian nature has to be changed Labour Party’s right wing and fi rst to bring about the its pathetic attempts to rebrand brotherhood of man- itself as “centre left.” kind. Marxism, based on John is correct to highlight a materialist philosophy, the call from Labour MP Chris understands that the Williamson for mandatory socio-economic system reselection. must be changed fi rst in Such a move would be both order to change human democratic and empower- nature. ing for the membership. No Marx sums up the longer would the party suf- HAVE YOUR SAY Write (up to 300 words) to fundamental diff erence fer from having a plethora of between idealism and CALLOUS CUT: Up to a million pupils will be hit by the raising of the income threshold for free school meals MPs who line their pockets and [email protected] or by post: 52 Beachy Rd, materialism by saying: collude with the Tories on key London E3 2NS “It is not the conscious- issues. ness of men that deter- ■ FREE SCHOOL MEALS mines their being, but, on the contrary, their social being that deter- GRAHAM STEVENSON mines their conscious- explores the Star archives ness.” This vicious attack Provided individuals 80 YEARS AGO TODAY... remain sincere — not- ing the biblical maxim “judge not, lest ye be ‘Mercy murder’ mum faces noose judged” — in their com- on poor children mon objectives, they can THE Daily Worker of the slightest wavering, unite to achieve them. ■ March 26 1938 cov- she testifi ed: “In the eyes PETER SMITH ered the story of Kathleen of the law, I am guilty. In Stanford-le-Hope stinks of hypocrisy Mumford, a 40-year old the eyes of God, I am not Leeds mother accused of guilty.” She also said the murdering her fi ve-year medical profession should ■ FIGHTING HATE THIS MONTH, 315 MPs voted to This new legislation is a dis- For now, though, this is a old son. Opinion at the not be blamed for being reduce the number of children grace as it will harm vulner- vicious attack on the most time was that post-trau- unable to “save” her son. Muslims need who are entitled to free school able children. Sometimes the vulnerable. Once again, it matic stress disorder was The judge said there meals. The Conservative mem- free school meal is the only hot shows how the Tories look limited to shell shock. was only one possible our solidarity bers, including James Morris, meal a child will eat all day. after themselves and protect “Throughout the fi nal verdict and sentenced her MP for Halesowen and Rowley We see poverty around us the privileged. dramatic moments of the to death by hanging, but ON April 3, the so-called Regis, and Margot James, MP every day, with rising reliance They believe it is acceptable Leeds ‘mercy murder’ drama the jury had issued a very Punish a Muslim Day, we for Stourbridge, voted with the on foodbanks and an increas- to put an end to a hot meal for yesterday, the only unmoved strong recommendation should all declare our government to impose this cal- ing number of homeless people children living in poverty while person in court seemed to for mercy. An enormous solidarity with our Muslim lous cut. sleeping rough in town centres. MPs continue to benefi t from be the woman who was sen- public petition demanded neighbours, friends and The income threshold for the Note the double standard at subsidised meals and drinks. tenced to death for gassing Mumford’s release and, workmates. children of families on univer- work here: the 10 Democratic Back in July last year, we her imbecile son.” two years after the The racists do not realise sal credit to be eligible for for Unionist Party MPs voted with learnt that the taxpayer was The term “imbecile” furore, she was quietly how many Muslims work in free school meals will now be the Conservatives, but the footing a £2.7 million bill to was then used by medical set free. the NHS and other public reduced to £7,400 a year. Tories have exempted Northern subsidise the bars and restau- science, but Derek Mum- Her story has recently services that keep this Sam Royston of the Chil- Ireland. The threshold there rants of the House of Commons ford had Littles disease, inspired an award-win- country going. dren’s Society believes that as will be £14,000, almost double after costs rose by £200,000. now known as spastic ning short fi lm entitled Come April 3, we are all many as one million children the fi gure elsewhere. MPs could enjoy a three-course diplegia, and had to be An Unfortunate Woman. Muslims. could lose out, compared with Labour, in contrast, promises lunch for £10.30, followed by a treated like a baby. Details of the DVD can be PHIL BRAND the number entitled to free to fund free school meals for all small bottle of wine for £2.25. His mother was told found on Facebook. London SW17 school meals under the previ- primary school children once C STOLL that nothing could be ous system. it gains power. Brilliant! Halesowen done but to put him in Meanwood imbecile You can colony. But she had been read editions of brought up in an orphan- the Daily Worker ■ WAR ON WELFARE age where beatings and (1930-45) and Morning cruelty were the norm Star (200 0-today) Typical Tory turns a deaf ear to the punishment of the disabled and was adamant that , online at her son would not mstar.link/DWMSarchive FOR the second time, I con- ments, which make it com- see what a fool I’ve been. deaths or the sanctions or the suff er such treatment. Ten days’ access costs tacted my local Tory MP about pletely impossible for me to He simply rattled off the hunting people down like rats. Though she believed just £5.99 the vicious and inhumane treat- work in a regular job, I wanted party line like a good lit- I’d get more compassion out she would be hung for and a ment dished out to the disabled him to know what it’s like at tle puppy, trotting out the of our budgie. murder, she acted to save year is £72 by this cruel government. the sharp end of Tory policy. “achievements” of this adminis- DAVID ANDREW DUKES him from pain. Without Given my very serious ail- In the words of the old song, tration, with no mention of the Kingsbury, Warwickshire Morning Star morningstaronline.co.uk Monday morningstaronline 14 March 26 2018 sport @m_star_online n WOMEN’S TENNIS INCREDIBLE: Danielle Wyatt puts Wozniacki’s family on a batting clinic against India threatened during Miami Open match by Our Sports Desk reigNiNg australian Open champion caroline Wozni- acki claimed she and her family were targets of verbal abuse and death threats from the crowd during her opening match at the Miami Open on Friday, which she lost to Monica Puig. in a statement saturday posted on Twitter saturday evening, Wozniacki said the tournament did nothing to prevent the abuse. Tournament director James Blake responded that, while the crowd was “loud and passion- are 10 years old) to sit down ment security courtside,” Blake ate,” Miami Open staff, WTa and shut the fuck up, mean- said. “They never witnessed Tour officials and courtside while security and staff did nor were they notified of any security were unaware during nothing to prevent this and specific threats made to the the match of any threats made. even accepted this to take players or their families. if we Wozniacki lost 0-6 6-4 6-4. place.” had been notified, the situa- “i lost a tough match to a Puig is from Puerto rico and tion would have been handled great opponent and friend especially popular in south immediately.” Monica Puig,” Wozniacki said. Florida, while Wozniacki is Wozniacki became a first- “i am fully aware that tennis from Denmark. time grand slam champion at is a game of wins and losses. Wozniacki complained to the australian Open in January. “However, during the match the chair umpire during the she said she hopes the Miami last night people in the crowd match about crowd noise but Open takes her complaints threatened my family, wished Blake said the tournament was about the crowd behavior seri- death threats on my mom and unaware of any threatening ously. dad, called me names that i comments. “it’s a horrible example to set can’t repeat here and told my “We had tournament and for the next generation of ten- fiance’s niece and nephew (who WTa staff as well as tourna- nis players and fans,” she said. n MEN’S CRICKET n MEN’S TENNIS Federer to skip French Open SMITH’S SHAME AS to prolong glittering career AUSSIE CAPTAIN by Our Sports Desk i said. clay is the French [Open] as well.” ADMITS TO CHEATING The 20-time grand slam win- rOger FeDerer will not com- ner appeared to be making his pete in the French Open for usual serene progress when he Skipper and vice-captain Warner caught ball-tampering against SA the third year running after took a routine first set against announcing yesterday that he 21-year-old australian Kokki- by Our Sports Desk fessed that he was part of a statement released just before will skip the entire clay-court nakis. group of senior players who play started on Day four in season. But he was stunned as he hatched a plan to cheat against cape Town. “as i said earlier The 36-year-old made the dropped the second set and DisgraceD australia cricket south africa on Day 3 of the today, cricket australia and announcement after he was then lost a final-set tie-break, captain steve smith and vice- test on saturday by tampering australian cricket fans expect knocked out of the Miami Open in the process losing his world captain David Warner stepped with the ball. certain standards of conduct by Thanasi Kokkinakis, a quali- No 1 ranking. down from their roles yester- it appears Warner was also from cricketers representing fier ranked 175 in the world. Kokkinakis had Federer wob- day for the remainder of the part of the “leadership group” our country, and on this occa- Federer, who won at roland bling in the second set when third test against south africa that came up with the plot, sion these standards have not garros in 2009, also pulled out he broke in the fourth game, following the team’s confession although smith refused to been met. of the tournament in 2016 and and had break points in the to ball tampering. name other names. “all australians, like us, again last year, citing the need sixth, before going on to level smith and Warner would Young batsman cameron want answers and we will keep to avoid playing on clay in order the match. still play for the final two Bancroft, who was charged you updated on our findings, as to prolong his career. a more animated Federer days of the test at Newlands, with ball tampering by the a matter of priority.” When asked in his post- began exerting fierce pressure but they would have no lead- international cricket council, south africa leads by more match press conference if he in the third but the Kokkinakis ership responsibilities, cricket was the man tasked with car- than 300 runs and looks set would discuss the clay-court serve somehow held out to australia said. Tim Paine would rying out the cheating and also for a convincing win to move season with his team follow- force a tie-break. stand-in as captain of the team, made a public confession along- ahead 2-1 in the series with just ing the loss, the swiss said: “i’ve Kokkinakis then kept his cricket australia chief execu- side smith late on saturday. one more game to play. The decided not to play.” nerve in a tense finale to seal tive James sutherland said in “This test match needs to australia team appeared com- Federer gave a curt response a remarkable win, prevailing a statement. proceed and in the interim we pletely dispirited at the start of when asked to clarify whether 3-6 6-3 7-6 (7/4) to reach the No 1 spot when the rankings The long-term futures of will continue to investigate this play yesterday, shuffling down he would also miss the French third round. are published after the tourna- smith and Warner are in the matter with the urgency that it the stairs to the field with their Open, adding: “Yes, that is what rafael Nadal will reclaim the ment. balance after the captain con- demands,” sutherland said in a heads down. morningstaronline.co.uk Morning Star morningstaronline Monday @m_star_online sport March 26 2018 15

■ WOMEN’S CRICKET ■ MEN’S FOOTBALL Dundee Utd Wyatt excels in boss Laszlo record-breaking livid with Mohsni victory over India DUNDEE United manager Csaba Laszlo claimed by Our Sports Desk was confi dent and positive the he wanted to “kill” Bilel whole innings. It’s amazing. Mohsni yesterday follow- “Having the belief from the ing the defender’s debut OPENER Danielle Wyatt coaches really helps. I’ve faced against Dunfermline. smashed a career-best 124 off the best bowlers in the world Laszlo was exasper- just 64 balls yesterday as Eng- and hit them all over the park. ated by Mohsni’s failure land claimed a record-breaking I know I can do it, so hopefully to stop Kallum Hig- T20 Tri-Series victory over India there is more to come.” ginbotham breaking in Mumbai. Tammy Beau- forward before Nicky The Sussex all- mont added Clark’s opener in a 1-1 rounder struck 35 and Bry- Championship draw and 15 fours and fi ve ony Smith told him to rediscover sixes as Eng- 15 before his “nasty” edge. land chased N a t a l i e The former Rangers down India’s Sciver and player backed off as Hig- imposing 198 c a p t a i n ginbotham broke from for four with H e a t h e r well inside his own half seven wick- K n i g h t before releasing the over- ets and eight MORNINGSTAR saw Eng- lapping Ryan Williamson balls to spare land home on the edge of the United at Brabourne ONLINE.CO.UK with room box seconds before Clark Stadium. The socialist to spare as tapped home. It was the high- news hub they built on Laszlo was frustrated est successful run Friday’s eight- that Mohsni did not chase in Women’s T20 wicket win over live up to his hard- history, smashing the 181 for Australia in stunning fashion. man image, which was six England made to beat Aus- Smriti Mandhana top-scored cemented when he tralia last November — when with 76 for India and shared in punched then-Mother- Wyatt scored 100 off 57 deliv- a 129-run stand in 12.5 overs well striker Lee Erwin eries. with opening partner Mithali after his fi nal game for “I made a 50 and 100 in the Raj (53) but two wickets from Rangers in May 2015. Ashes to show the world what Tash Farrant helped England Laszlo said: “With all I can do. I had the belief that I keep their hosts under 200. respect to Mohsni, I want could do the same again in this Next up for England is to kill him. Honestly, I country,” said Wyatt. “When it Wednesday’s clash with Aus- want to kill him.” was in my area, I whacked it. I tralia at the same venue.

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The team’s reputa- supports the process for an tion is in tatters after immediate investigation into Smith and Bancroft what occurred in Cape Town,” confessed to the cheat- CA chair David Peever said. Root devastated as victory ing in an attempt to “We regard this as get their team back a matter of the into the match, utmost seri- which was slip- ousness and ping away. They urgency. We decided to use will ensure in fi rst Test looks unlikely a piece of yel- we have low adhesive all infor- by Our Sports Desk then, after receiving lengthy “Maybe I’m in the bowl- the game, we’d have bitten your tape to try m a t i o n treatment, gloved the next er’s union but you’ve got to hand off . and pick up available menacing short one down the credit him sometimes — good “It’s not a minefi eld. If we loose dirt to make DEJECTED Joe Root needed leg-side to the wicketkeeper. bouncer to rap a batter on the show the discipline that our on the pitch the right time on his own to come to It left England 132 for three, fi nger and then a good follow- batsmen did today, and get a and use it to d e c i s i o n s terms with his crushing late 237 runs short of making the up — well bowled.” bit more luck, then we’ve got rough up the for Austral- dismissal yesterday which Kiwis bat again, and up against Broad, who was part of a a great chance. ball. ian cricket.” dented England’s hopes of sav- it to bat out 98 more overs to thrilling rearguard on Eng- “We’ll need a hero tomorrow. But Bancroft S m i t h ing the fi rst Test. salvage a stalemate. land’s last Test visit to Auckland “Five years ago, Matt Prior was caught by tel- has been sus- Stuart Broad had no oppor- Asked how Root had taken fi ve years ago, insists a draw is was the hero with a hundred evision cameras pended for one tunity to speak to his captain the late setback, Broad said: still possible. and someone’s got that chance during his attempt Test, stripped before facing the press at close “I’ve not seen him — I think “It was a real shame to lose tomorrow.” to tamper with the of his match fee of play following a brilliant he’s still sat in the toilet. Joe to the last ball of the day,” Nicholls understandably sees ball and then trying and handed four piece of bowling from Trent “We were watching from he said. “We all felt it, after he’d things slightly diff erently and to hide the evidence demerit points, Boult — with what turned out the viewing area [and] he played so brilliantly as well. senses the pitch will increas- by shoving the piece while Bancroft to be the fi nal ball of day four came straight in and put his “But it proves there are runs ingly favour the bowlers. of tape down the front has been fi ned at Eden Park. bat down and went straight to be had out there. We’ve got “It seemed a bit more up of his trousers. The 75 per cent of his Root (51) tried to lead by into the back room.” to play our natural games for and down, variation in bounce overwhelming video match fee and hit example as England seek an Root shared a second-wicket the start of the day — and then when the ball is a bit harder,” evidence forced Smith with three demerit improbable stalemate in a stand of 88 with Mark Stone- if you get yourself in a position he said. and Bancroft to come points — a nod to match which began with their man (55) as England overcame where it is completely ‘shut up “It’s going to be a good test to clean in a humiliating his junior role embarrassing fi rst-innings col- the early loss of Alastair Cook, shop,’ you can adjust to that.” take seven wickets on day fi ve confession at the post-day within the side. lapse to 58 all out. after Henry Nicholls (145no) England still believe they can to win a Test match.” news conference later on After his duck, one of fi ve top-scored in the hosts’ 427 avoid defeat. Saturday. GUILTY: Australian from England fi rst time round, for eight declared. “It’s certainly do-able,” said HAVE YOUR SAY Cricket Australia had batsman Cameron he completed a 121-ball half- Broad added: “Trent Boult Broad. Write (up to 300 words) to dispatched a team to Bancroft fi elding century only to receive a brut- has got a bouncer bang on … I “If you’d said at 20 for seven, against South [email protected] or investigate the incident. ish blow to his right index fi n- think it was a really good short or 27 for nine [on day one], 52 Beachy Rd, London E3 2NS “The board fully Africa ger just before stumps — and ball, at the left shoulder. there was a chance of drawing Monday SPORT March 26 2018 INSIDE: Australia engulfed in cheating scandal n FORMULA ONE WEEKEND RESULTS Intl Friendlies Armenia 0 0 Estonia Canada 1 0 New Zealand Curacao 1 1 Bolivia Georgia 4 0 Lithuania VETTEL ‘A BIT LUCKY’ Israel 1 2 Romania Kenya 2 2 Comoros Kosovo 1 0 Madagascar Mexico 3 0 Iceland N Ireland 2 1 Korea Republic Peru 2 0 Croatia Qatar 2 2 Syria South Africa 2 0 Zambia Sweden 1 2 Chile IN WIN DOWN UNDER Togo 2 2 Ivory Coast Under-21 Intl England 2 1 Romania AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX: Pit stop costs Hamilton from taking pole League One Bradford 1 0 Gillingham by Our Sports Desk Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen Bury 0 2 Wigan finished third, denying Red Charlton 2 0 Plymouth STREETS AHEAD: Sebastian Vettel keeps Lewis Fleetwood 2 0 Northampton Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo a chance Hamilton in his rear view mirror on his way to victory BELIEvINg his Ferrari still to become the first Australian MK Dons 0 0 Blackpool lacks the race pace to fully Peterborough 1 1 Bristol Rovers driver to secure a podium place Scunthorpe 1 1 Rochdale challenge Mercedes in Formula at the Australian gP. Shrewsbury 1 0 Wimbledon One, Sebastian vettel will take A resurgent Fernando Alonso Southend 2 0 Rotherham a little luck when he can get it. of McLaren made a bold run League Two Yesterday, at the season- to finish in fifth place, hold- Carlisle 1 1 Cambridge United opening Australian grand ing off a spirited challenge by Coventry 4 0 Grimsby Prix, his Ferrari team benefit- Red Bull’s Max verstappen, Crawley 3 5 Cheltenham ted not only from a smart pit- who recovered after losing Exeter 3 1 Swindon stop strategy but also the for- control of his car and doing Forest Green Rovers 2 0 Mansfield tuitous emergence of a safety a 360-degree spin early in the Luton 2 0 Barnet car midway through the race race to take sixth. Morecambe 0 0 Lincoln City Newport County 1 2 Crewe that helped vettel take the lead Hamilton looked comfort- Stevenage 0 1 Colchester from rival Lewis Hamilton and able up front for the first 20 Wycombe 0 0 Port Vale hold on for victory. laps before deciding to pit, giv- Chesterfield 3 1 Notts County “We got a bit lucky but we’ll ing up the lead to vettel. The FA Trophy take it,” vettel said. “We’re not race then took a dramatic turn Gateshead 1 1 Bromley yet there where we want to be. when Haas drivers Kevin Mag- Wealdstone 0 2 Brackley Town But I think it gives us a good nussen and Romain grosjean start, a good wind and fresh suffered calamitous back-to- Women’s FA Cup motivation for the coming back pit stops midway through Durham 1 6 Everton Arsenal 5 0 Chartlon weeks.” the race. Both drivers had been “Why did you not tell me vet- Hamilton said after the race concerns among some teams Sunderland 2 4 Man City (AET) It was the 48th race win of running strongly in fourth and tel was in the pits?” Hamilton that he still wasn’t clear exactly that Mercedes had the speed to vettel’s career and his 100th fifth places, respectively, but asked. what happened. dominate yet another Formula WSL podium finish, coming in his were forced to stop immedi- “We thought we were safe “I think just disbelief was One season. Birmingham 4 0 Liverpool Chelsea 2 2 Reading 200th F1 race. ately after coming out of pit but there’s obviously something really from that moment until But vettel said he believed The german becomes the lane with loose wheels. wrong,” his team responded. the end. Just disbelief,” he said. Ferrari would fare better in WSL Two fourth driver to claim 100 The virtual safety car When racing resumed, Ham- “I had extra tools and could race conditions — and he was Oxford United 2 4 Millwall, podium finishes, joining Ham- emerged as race marshals ilton stayed close to vettel’s have been further ahead by right. Sheffield United 1 4 Brighton Donny Belles 3 0 Tottenham ilton, Michael Schumacher and removed grosjean’s car from Ferrari, trailing by less than a the first pit stop. There were “I think we didn’t have the Watford 0 1 Aston Villa Alain Prost. the circuit and vettel took second for more than 10 laps, so many good things we could true race pace to match them vettel finished the race a full advantage of the slowdown to but was unable to find space have done.” but we weren’t that far off,” he Scottish Champ five seconds ahead of Hamilton, pit and change tyres. on the tight circuit to pass the vettel’s victory comes a day said. “Even though we were Dundee United 1 1 Dunfermline who started from pole and had He came out of the pit lane german. With victory looking after Hamilton set a blistering Morton 2 0 Brechin City probably lucky with the virtual Queen Of The South 3 3 Livingston made several late attempts to just ahead of a confused Ham- increasingly out of reach, Ham- track record to capture pole safety car, we still had enough catch the Ferrari but couldn’t ilton, who got on the radio to ilton then eased up toward the position nearly 0.7 of a second pace to stay ahead and make it Scottish League One manage to pass on the narrow ask his team what had just hap- end to conserve his engine for ahead of the rest of the field, very difficult for him to be close Airdrieonians 1 2 Raith Rovers Albert Park circuit. pened. future races. a massive margin that raised and try and do something.” Albion Rovers 1 3 Alloa Athletic Arbroath 2 3 Stranraer Ayr United 4 0 Queen’s Park Forfar Athletic 2 0 East Fife n WOMEN’S FOOTBALL Scottish League Two Berwick Rangers 1 1 Edinburgh City Clyde 3 0 Montrose Peterhead 1 0 Annan Athletic Stenhousemuir 0 2 Elgin City Liverpool unable to contain rampant Birmingham Stirling Albion 2 2 Cowdenbeath

Birmingham 4-0 Liverpool the Blues ahead inside 13 min- The bad luck continued for Though the pressure failed to by Kadeem Simmonds utes. Liverpool when Jess Carter’s materialise into a goal, it gave TODAY’S TIPS Her left-footed strike from left-footed shot from the edge the Reds hope that the match outside the box gave Liverpool of the box somehow beat Cham- was still salvageable. FORTUNE was on Birming- goalkeeper Siobhan Chamber- berlain at her near post. All hope was extinguished Farringdon’s Doubles ham’s side yesterday as they lain no chance as the ball nes- Carter’s shot barely had any with 10 minutes remaining IT’S OBVIOUS ran out comfortable 4-0 win- tled into the top corner. power behind it but the Eng- when White turned inside the Taunton 4:30 (nap) ners against Liverpool. Birmingham doubled their land No 1 failed to get across Liverpool box and slotted the BRIDGE OF CALLY It seemed every shot at goal lead with the first of their lucky quick enough to keep it out ball into the bottom right-hand Taunton 2:50 found the back of the net with goals minutes later. Paige Wil- and prevent Birmingham corner. an ounce of luck, be it a deflec- liams’s cross-shot was deflected from taking a 3-0 lead in the The result keeps Birming- Houseman’s Choice tion or just poor goalkeeping. off a Liverpool defender and first-half. ham fifth, behind Liverpool, ESKENDASH Birmingham dominated the past Chamberlain, looping in Liverpool’s Beth England but the gap closing to two Huntingdon 3:35 opening period of the match, as off the post. nearly gave her side a chance points. Liverpool struggled to get out There was no let off from the to get back into the match 10 of their own half. Blues as they continued their minutes into the second-half. Published by the People’s Press MSTAR 2018-03-26 MON 1.0 Rachel WIlliams had a glo- tsunami of attacks, the Liver- Jess Clarke broke away down Printing Society Ltd, William Rust rious chance to put the home pool defence struggling to not the right-hand side and her House, 52 Beachy Road, Bow, 1 3 London E3 2NS. Telephone: (020) side ahead after being played concede another. cross was too much for Eng- 8510-0815. Fax: (020) 8986- through by Ellen White but her It was a nightmare opening land, who failed to divert the 5694. Email: enquiries@peoples- left-footed shot was dragged 20 minutes for the Reds who ball towards goal. press.com. Registered with Companies House as Morning Star wide. were without manager Scott The response was better (incorporating the Daily Worker) However, Williams atoned Rodgers, who missed the game from the away side as they No N5559. Printed by trade union for her earlier miss and found as he was away for the birth of finally got a foothold in the labour at Trinity Mirror. TREMENDOUS: Ellen White the back of the net to put the his first child. match. Monday March 26 2018 9 770307 175213