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■ NEWS PLOTTERS SET CORBYN’S GREEN ENERGY BATTLE LABOUR leader reiterates calls for public ownership of Britain’s energy system to help combat the “threat of climate catastrophe.” THEIR SIGHTS Turn to page 2 ■ WORLD 30,000 RALLY AGAINST RACISM ITALIANS took to the streets at the weekend in a show against fascism following ON LEONARD a shooting spree targeting migrants. Turn to page 6 SCOTTISH LABOUR ACTIVISTS SLAM ‘CONSTANT UNDERMINING OF LEADER’

by Our News Desk “lacking leadership” on Brexit. day, a Holyrood insider leaked who, in the words of one the leadership for using the Days earlier, the Scottish a story about former leader- activist, are engaged in “the term “a chinky” to describe Daily Mail received fi gures ship contender Anas Sarwar sort of refusal we saw to a Chinese takeaway during a SCOTTISH Labour grandees suggesting that the apparently refusing to sit accept Corbyn’s victory in speech. have been accused of plotting Unite union had next to Mr Leonard during 2015, now being repeated in Mr Sarwar and others have against party leader Richard spent more on First Minister’s Questions. Scotland.” Mr Corbyn’s early since accused Mr Leonard of Leonard, following a week of backing Mr Supporters of Mr Leon- leadership days were plagued a lacklustre response — but ■ SPORT negative headlines. Leonard’s lead- ard’s leadership say that by frequent negative briefi ngs supporters argue that party On Sunday, his predecessor ership bid than these events stem from some parliamentary col- procedures were followed to SIX NATIONS: Kezia Dugdale claimed for the on Scottish from a hard core leagues. the letter, and Mr Gaff ney’s fi rst time that her resignation Labour’s elec- of plotters on The apparent seating immediate apology and SCOTLAND’S BOOST last year was over Labour’s tion cam- the party’s snub was in response to an acceptance of a public repri- GREGOR TOWNSEND’S MEN Brexit stance, while STUC paign. r i g h t incident earlier this week, mand made an investigation have kick-started their Six general secretary Grahame A n d in which Labour MP Hugh unnecessary. Nations campaign with a 32-26 Smith accused Mr Leonard of on Thurs- Gaff ney was reprimanded by Turn to page 3 win over France. Turn to page 16

PAGE 6 UKRAINE: MEDIA HUB ATTACKED PAGE 11 BOOKS: HILARY WAINWRIGHT Morning Star morningstaronline.co.uk 2 Monday news morningstaronline February 12 2018 @m_star_online n ENVIRONMENT A green future for publicly owned energy, says Corbyn by Our Newsdesk He said: “Nobody is fooled government will offer a com- by Michael Gove’s reinvention prehensive programme of of himself as an eco-warrior. retraining and employment JEREMY CORBYN called this “Behind the rhetoric lies a to all workers displaced by weekend for public ownership trail of environmental destruc- transition in the energy sector. of Britain’s energy system to tion. Mr Corbyn said that a green help combat the “threat of “This is a government that energy system will look “radi- climate catastrophe.” has licensed fracking, declared cally different” to the current He accused the govern- a moratorium on renewable one. ment of having left a “trail of levies while massively subsi- It would be heavily decen- environmental destruction” dising fossil fuels, dithered tralised and locally account- and lampooned Environment over tidal, held back onshore able, with new sources of small Secretary Michael Gove for wind, U-turned on making all and large-scale energy “from fashioning himself as an “eco- new homes zero-carbon and is tidal to solar.” warrior.” failing to take the necessary Emissions reduction would Speaking at a Labour event measures to meet our legal be a central focus of a publicly on alternative models of own- commitments to reduce CO2 controlled national grid. ership, the Labour leader told emissions.” Labour’s environmental attendees on Saturday that He declared that “to go pledges also include banning measures as radical as those green, we must take control fracking, insulating four mil- taken by the 1945 government of energy” and that “it cannot lion homes, and delivering 60 under Clement Attlee to rebuild be the workers who pay the per cent of our energy from Britain after WWII are needed price.” renewable sources by 2030. to tackle climate change. He pledged that a Labour [email protected]

n ALCOHOL MISUSE

‘Horrific’ problems faced by children of boozers SUNDAY OUTING: A mighty leviathan PARENTAL drinking is factor in 37 per cent of Mr Byrne, who lost his disturbs the peace of leafy Iver Heath in linked to more than one neglect and abuse cases father to alcoholism in 2015 Buckinghamshire yesterday as it in three cases of the death that resulted in death or and is chairman of the all- scrunches through the streets on its or serious injury of a child serious injury of a child party parliamentary group way to disgorge its king-size cargo at through neglect or abuse between 2011 and 2014. for children of alcoholics, Uxbridge in England, according to a Birmingham Hodge Hill said: “Our campaign has report published today. Labour MP Liam Byrne now won a new commit- Yet more than half of said that parents who ment from government for councils still do not have misuse alcohol can cause a national strategy to stop a strategy to help children “horrific” problems for parental alcohol misuse. of alcoholics despite the their children. Freedom of information n DISABILITIES dangers of addiction, the Children report feeling requests show that 92 per study commissioned by a isolated and are reluctant cent of the 53 councils cross-party group of MPs to seek help due to feelings that provided information and peers found. of stigma, shame and guilt, are cutting budgets for DWP’s ‘scandalous’ Alcohol misuse was a according to the study. addiction services. efforts to deprive n BREXIT McDonnell claimants of cash cautions against 2nd by Our News Desk MORE than £100 million has referendum been spent on administering reviews and appeals against SHADOW chancellor John disability benefit claims in just McDonnell (pictured) said yes- over two years, figures released terday that it would be better to today show. let people express their views on The Department for Work EU membership via a general and Pensions (DWP) spending election than to have a second is in addition to the tens of referendum on Brexit. millions spent every year by In an interview on ITV’s Pes- the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) ton On Sunday, Mr McDonnell on appeals. warned that a new referen- Disability benefits make up dum would “divide the coun- the bulk of these MoJ tribunals try again” and ran the risk of and about two thirds of them increasing xenophobia and hate While Labour leader Jeremy European Union. have been won by claimants in crimes. Corbyn has not ruled out a She told the BBC’s Andrew the past year. He said that an election would potential referendum, he has Marr last month: “We have But the department is also enable a “wider debate” on all made clear that he is not call- said that we must respect the facing questions from the work the issues, adding that Labour ing for one. result of the referendum, which & pensions select committee would never “turn our back on Shadow foreign secretary means that we have to leave. over the figures amid claims democratic engagement.” Emily Thornberry has also com- “But we have to look after it was not given similar infor- and support allowance (ESA). 2015, figures obtained by the Back-bench Labour MPs have mitted to “doing as instructed” the economy which, in my mation for its own inquiry into The DWP has spent £108.1m Press Association through a expressed a preference for a ref- by voters, which “as things cur- view, means that we don’t go personal independence pay- on direct staffing costs for ESA freedom of information request erendum on the terms of exit. rently stand” means leaving the very far.” ment (PIP) and employment and PIP appeals since October show. The figure covers manda- morningstaronline.co.uk Morning Star morningstaronline news Monday @m_star_online February 12 2018 3

■ FOREIGN POLICY ‘WHY ARE WE SUPPORTING THIS BRUTAL CRACKDOWN?’ HONDURAS: Thornberry demands answers over export of spyware to repressive regime

SHADOW foreign secretary by Nathan Akehurst aid from the US. involvement with organised Emily Thornberry demanded Since the 2009 coup d’etat crime. an explanation from the gov- that ousted leftwinger Manuel Ms Thornberry accused the ernment yesterday after it was Zelaya, allowing the still British government of double revealed that British spyware ing emails, phone calls and incumbent National Party to standards, pointing to minis- was used by the Honduran online messaging apps. It has seize power, the administration ters’ lack of response to repres- government in a brutal crack- been reportedly used in Hon- has been accused of extrajudi- sion in Honduras — in contrast down on anti-government duras’s sweeping clampdown cial killings, election fraud and with vociferous condemnation protests. on protests that followed of alleged state violence in Ven- Her letter to Foreign Secre- November’s disputed general ezuela, where the left is being tary Boris Johnson asked for election result; thousands of threatened by a putschist oppo- detail on whether the spy- police and troops swarmed sition funded by the US. ware sales went through the protests, resulting in dozens Labour MP for Brighton procedures for arms exports, of casualties. Kemptown Lloyd Russell-Moyle which involves four govern- Multiple exports appear to has tabled a written parliamen- ment departments. have taken place, including tary question asking for the Ms Thornberry also sought two licences for the export of name of the fi rm behind the clarity on what purpose Brit- “telecommunications inter- equipment sale. ish offi cials were told that the ception equipment” in 2016 A Department for Interna- equipment would be used for and 2017 and a further open tional Trade spokesman said and what steps were taken to licence of unknown value for it did not license exports in confi rm this. other “information security cases that it assessed there The equipment in question equipment.” was a “clear risk that the goods is worth at least £300,000 Political repression in Hon- may be used for internal repres- and can help intercept and duras, including the monitor- sion.” monitor a broad range of ing of private communications, Such sales are illegal under telecommunications includ- is well-documented. The coun- the 2008 Export Control Act. try receives millions in state LETTER: Emily Thornberry [email protected] FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @M_Star_Online

■ FRONT PAGE tory reconsiderations, an inter- Never miss your daily paper nal DWP review, and appeals PLOTTERS TRAIN to tribunals run by the courts service. The DWP said a “small Hand this form to your proportion” of decisions were THEIR SIGHTS overturned. local retailer to ensure your Linda Burnip of Disabled People Against Cuts told the daily dose of news, sport, Star that these amounts do ON LEONARD not cover the £1.6 billion paid over three years to US priva- FROM P1: Mr Leonard has charged leadership, starting with Dugdale’s features, arts, comment teer Maximus to carry out work his party’s equalities and diversity jungle trip, right up to today with capability assessments. Atos sub-committee with creating com- the leak of her comments about and more from the only and Capita have also received prehensive anti-discrimination and resigning just as Jeremy Corbyn is more than £416m to carry harassment guidelines following due to visit, there has been a con- socialist paper in Britain out the totally inadequate PIP this case and other allegations of stant attempt to divert headlines assessments over three years. racism that predate his leadership. away from Richard.” owned by its readers Ms Burnip said: “These Several sources attribute much The source called on Ms Dug- wasted amounts of money of the plotting to Alan Roden, who dale and Mr Sarwar to “rein in” spent trying to stop disabled was political editor of the Scottish Mr Roden, “who is suspected of people access the benefi ts they Daily Mail before becoming Scot- being at the heart of a dirty-tricks Dear newsagent or retailer, need could easily have paid for tish Labour’s director of communi- campaign against Richard, using them for many years instead. cations, then running Mr Sarwar’s all the experience he learned at the Please reserve / deliver a copy of the Morning Star “It is time taxpayers leadership bid. sexist, racist Daily Mail.” newspaper Monday to Saturday until further notice. demanded real value for More recently, he acted as a “It really does beggar belief that, money and justice for disa- media adviser to Ms Dugdale dur- with his track record of articles Name bled people rather than hav- ing her stint on I’m a Celebrity … attacking migrants, gay rights and ing their money squandered Get Me Out of Here! and now works so-called dole scroungers, that he Address on paying private corpora- for her in the Scottish Parliament. is working for someone apparently tions to continue failing and One campaigner said it would so concerned with promoting an wasted on unnecessary and be a let-down for the thousands equalities agenda.” cruel reconsiderations and of party members who elected Scottish Labour has surged in tribunals. Mr Leonard “if Roden, Dugdale the polls since last year’s general Postcode Telephone “Like most things this gov- and Sarwar are working together election. ernment do, this is scandal- to undermine” him. One activist said: “The recep- MESSAGE TO RETAILER ous.” Ms Dugdale had previously tion for Labour’s platform is get- The Morning Star is available from your normal wholesaler on a sale The select committee is due claimed that her resignation was ting better every time we are out; or return basis. Please order as requested by your customer. to publish the results of its motivated not by policy disagree- time the naysayers got their head If you have any diffi culties, please contact the Morning Star inquiry into PIP and ESA on ments but the death of an old out of Holyrood and back into the circulation department on 07780 220-391. Wednesday. friend. A senior Labour source heartlands.” [email protected] said: “From day one of Richard’s [email protected] Morning Star morningstaronline.co.uk 4 Monday news morningstaronline February 12 2018 @m_star_online

■ FOREIGN POLICY UP IN ARMS: Hundreds of women, some dressed as suff ragettes, march through Glasgow on Saturday calling Tories’ ‘incoherent’ for equal pay from the city council position on Kurds slammed by MPs by Our News Desk PYD/YPG and the PKK.” The criticism follows renewed violence in the THE Foreign Offi ce has an region. “incoherent” position on the Following the independ- future of Syrian Kurds and has ence referendum in Iraq’s failed to defend Iraqi Kurds, autonomous Kurdish region MPs charged yesterday. — deemed unconstitutional A damning report from by Baghdad — last year, Iraqi the Commons foreign aff airs government forces stormed committee said that the Boris disputed territories in a cam- Johnson’s department needs paign involving numerous a “clear view” on the Kurd- allegations of rights abuses. ish People’s Protection Units The committee heard that (YPG). British government ministers The YPG has formed a major held credible intelligence part of the US-backed Syrian warning of links between Democratic Forces (SDF), Iranian and Iraqi state-backed which the British government militias. has been supporting with air In northern Syria, Turkey strikes in the fi ght against Isis. launched an off ensive aimed But Turkey views the group at removing Kurdish forces and its political wing the Dem- from the Afrin and Tel Rifaat ocratic Union Party (PYD) as areas three weeks ago. More an extension of the Kurdistan than 60 civilians have been Workers’ Party (PKK), which is killed and the invasion has classed as a terrorist organisa- been dogged with allegations tion by Turkey and Britain. of war crimes, including the The MPs warned there was deployment of napalm. a “high risk that the expan- Yet ministers had “little sion of the PYD/YPG will to say” on the corruption or result in new confl ict in the human rights issues, accord- region” as Turkey has already ing to the committee. moved against the group and Opposition politicians have the Syrian government has condemned the ongoing vio- threatened to do so. lence and Labour leader Jer- The committee recom- emy Corbyn has expressed mended the Foreign Offi ce “solidarity with the Kurdish “clarify its own position on people.” the relationship between the [email protected] ■ UTILITIES McDONNELL VOWS TO END MIKE AMBROSE Thinking of Mike on his birthday WATER PROFITEERS’ REIGN Miss him every day Bonny SHADOW CHANCELLOR: Firms fl eecing the public have paid out £13bn in dividends since 2010 A LABOUR government would since 2010 these companies end the “scandal” of a priva- by Lamiat Sabin have paid out billions to their tised water industry that has shareholders, almost all their seen more than £13 billion paid profi ts, while receiving more out in dividends since 2010, more than £1.6bn in dividends, in tax credits than they paid John McDonnell said yesterday. a rise of 24 per cent on the pre- in tax. Choose from loads of fantastic The shadow chancellor vious year and over twice the “These companies operate products in the Morning Star launched a scathing attack on amount they made in pre-tax regional monopolies which water companies, which have profi ts. have profi ted at the expense of a “stranglehold” on households These same water companies consumers who have no choice ONLINE and businesses that have no received £253 million more in in who supplies their water. choice but to use a regional tax credits in 2017 than they “Yet at the same time they Don’t forget supplier. contributed in taxes. Collec- hike up prices and load up on SHOP we have Billions have been paid out tively since 2010 these com- debt while shelling out billions to shareholders while custom- panies have received almost in dividend payments to share- lots more ers are forced to meet rising £500m more in tax credits than holders. books, CDs, bills, analysis by Labour show, they paid in tax. “Rather than the scandal of posters, and taxpayers are also being Mr McDonnell said: “The rip-off prices and huge dividend T-shirts and shortchanged by companies water industry is quick to waste payments, we will bring them receiving more in tax breaks customers’ money on funding back into public hands, so we much, much than they have contributed. reports by right-wing think see more investment and lower that have a stranglehold over more on In 2017 alone, six water tanks to attack Labour, while prices. many working households. your online companies — Thames Water, running from their shameful “The next Labour govern- Instead, Labour will replace Anglian Water, Yorkshire record. ment will call an end to the this dysfunctional system with shop: Water, Northumbrian Water, “But these fi gures reveal that privatisation of our public a network of regional, publicly Southern Water and South our water system is broken. sector, and call time on the owned water companies.” shop.morningstaronline.co.uk West — collectively paid out “It is a national scandal that freeloading water companies [email protected] morningstaronline.co.uk Morning Star morningstaronline news Monday @m_star_online February 12 2018 5

n INDUSTRIAL n NEW SEX ALLEGATIONS 100 march for cab driver Oxfam government sacked over funding at risk over union work PROTESTERS marched through Oxford at the prostitutes scandal weekend in support of a taxi driver who says he by Lamiat Sabin emerged that employees had “Our approach to this matter was sacked for being a repeatedly invited sex workers would have been different had trade union organiser. to parties at Oxfam’s premises the full details that have been About 100 GMB OXFAM could lose government in Chad in 2006 and a senior reported been disclosed to us members turned out to funding over its handling of staff member had been sacked. at the time,” the commission protest at the treatment of allegations that a number of its Ms Mordaunt said that the said in a statement. Mohammed Fadllalla, who workers used prostitutes during organisation’s failure to pass Oxfam’s chairwoman of was told by 001 Taxis last aid missions abroad. on information to relevant trustees in Britain Caroline month that his services The charity lied and failed in authorities shows an “absolute Thomson said the charity was were “no longer needed.” its “moral leadership” in the wake absence of leadership.” “ashamed” of what had hap- The march, led by Mr of allegations of sexual miscon- She said she would meet pened in Haiti, adding that it Fadllalla, his wife and duct, International Development the charity today to discuss prides itself on “being a trans- three children, started Secretary Penny Mordaunt told the cases and warned: “If the parent organisation. outside one of the com- yesterday’s Andrew Marr Show. moral leadership at the top of “It is clear that such behav- pany’s offices and ended She condemned the behav- the organisation is not there iour is completely outside our at another. iour of some Oxfam staff mem- then [the Department for Inter- values and should never be tol- He first worked for 001 bers as a “complete betrayal,” national Development] cannot erated,” she said. Taxis in 1998 and joined warning the charity that the have you as a partner.” Ms Thomson said she was the GMB a year ago, after scandal exposed by The Times Charities including Oxfam working closely with chief becoming embroiled in had put its relationship with have been told they will have executive Mark Goldring to disputes with the firm. the government at risk. funding withdrawn if they fail address “underlying cultural Since being sacked, he Oxfam is facing mounting to comply with authorities over issues” within the charity. has been feeding his fam- criticism over its handling of safeguarding issues. She added that safeguards ily by borrowing money sex allegations. It has denied The Charity Commission would be improved in recruit- from other taxi drivers. that it tried to cover up the use said on Saturday that it had ment and vetting and a new At Saturday’s protest, of prostitutes by workers sent to written to Oxfam “as a matter independent whistleblowing GMB national officer Haiti after the 2011 earthquake. of urgency” to request further helpline would be established. Mick Rix said: “Quite a After an investigation, four information. [email protected] number of taxi opera- members of staff were dis- tors across the country missed and three, including employ the same tactics.” the country director, resigned. A tribunal case on Mr The charity said allegations Fadllalla’s sacking is due that under-age girls may have to begin on February 28. been involved were not proven. WE’RE HIRING At the weekend, fresh claims INTERNATIONAL EDITOR n INDUSTRIAL n INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY We are seeking an international editor to join the team at our busy London newsroom. New strike Regular Sunday working is required as part of a Young comrades protest at five-day 35-hour week in order to cover the at museums paper’s six publication days. Holidays start at 28 days a year rising to 30 over change Kiev’s anti-communist laws days, plus bank holidays. If you have the skills and you’re ready to take to contracts by Brett Perkin on a new challenge at a national newspaper which isn’t afraid to tell it like it is, email jobs@ MUSEUM workers are to stage peoples-press.com for an application pack. a fresh strike in protest at BRITAIN’S Young Communists contract changes which they took to the streets across Brit- say have led to extra work and ain on Saturday in solidarity CLOSING DATE: February 19 shorter breaks. with their comrades facing Prospect union members at repression in Ukraine. the National Maritime Museum They gathered in London, and Royal Observatory Greenwich Glasgow, Edinburgh and Man- will walk out on February 17. chester to protest against the The Plot So Far The visitor and sales assistants Kiev regime’s “violation of the at the London museums took political and civil rights of A collection of Mat Coward’s action on New Year’s Day, say- Ukrainians by adoption of laws Morning Star gardening columns ing the imposed changes would banning the use of communist mean them having to work an symbols and ideology.” OUTCRY: Young Communist League members demonstrate in Glasgow $3.99 (about £2.35), and is extra three weeks a year without In Manchester, they available now in all proper compensation and reduce descended on the statue of member Robin Talbot told pro- would nazism rear its ugly head the length of their breaks. Friedrich Engels that artist Phil testers: “We called this national in Europe.” standard ebook formats, Prospect negotiations officer Collins rescued from Ukraine, day of action because we face At La Pasionaria statue in from most ebook sites Caroline Hemmington said: where it had been consigned a chilling reality. That reality Glasgow, YCL chair Johnnie “This strike is not about stop- to the scrapyard — a victim is that nazi-fascism is back in Hunter asked: “What do we see ping people from going to the of Kiev’s ban on communist power in Ukraine.” of Theresa May and the British museum but to highlight how symbols. He pointed out that February government’s commitment to detrimental these changes have Edinburgh protesters handed 10 was the 71st anniversary of this promise in 2018? been to the staff affected.” in a letter of protest at the the signing of the Paris peace “Britain along with the other A management spokesman city’s consulate but, in London, accords, a post-World War II Nato powers have provided said that, from November, Royal embassy staff refused to accept promise between the victori- advisers, training and weap- Museums Greenwich had “har- the letter to the ambassador, ous allies to uphold peace and onry to the Ukrainian army, monised terms and conditions” instead calling armed diplo- democracy. which is propped up with nazi for front-of-house staff due to matic police. “Britain and the countries of paramilitaries.” All proceeds a merger of two departments. 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HONG KONG: At least 19 Outrageous people were killed at the CPJ slams attack weekend after a high claim over speed double-decker bus crashed in the Tai Po area. Holocaust Police reported that on news offi ces the bus driver had been ISRAEL is annoyed at a law arrested for dangerous whitewashing Poland’s role in by Our Foreign Desk of the previous Viktor Yanu- driving. Another 65 people the Holocaust because of its kovych presidency for politi- were left injured in the “shame at the passivity of the cal reasons. deadly accident, where the Jews” during the genocide, a THE Committee to Protect Jour- The company has been bus fl ipped on its side and Polish presidential adviser has nalists (CPJ) has condemned a repeatedly harassed by Ukrain- crashed into a lamppost. claimed. police rampage at the offi ces of ian authorities, including with It is Hong Kong’s deadli- Andrzej Zybertowicz told the Ukrainian media company Vesti. a bid to deny renewal of its est road accident since a Polska-The Times newspaper that Offi cers stormed the premises broadcasting licence last year bus crash in 2003 killed 21 Tel Aviv’s opposition to the law of the company, which pub- that attracted criticism from people. — criminalising reference to lishes the largest daily newspa- the International Federation Polish complicity in the crimes per by circulation in Ukraine of Journalists. committed under nazi occupa- and broadcasts a popular radio Prosecutor-general Yuri Lut- tion — was anti-Polish, adding station, on Thursday. senko vowed at the new year to that Israel was “clearly fi ghting Editor-in-chief Oksana take action to block the publica- to keep the monopoly on the Omelchenko said about 50 tion of the newspaper, which Holocaust.” offi cers from the main mili- Kiev regards as pro-Russian. His claims follow open expres- tary prosecutor’s offi ce and “There is no justifi cation sions of anti-semitism in some representatives of the anti- for the hostile raid by Ukrain- government-controlled media corruption agency Arma broke ian law enforcement against after Israel objected to the law. into the building, accompanied Media Holding Vesti, which On Saturday, ruling party by unidentifi ed thugs wearing appears to be part of an ongo- leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski balaclavas. ing campaign of harassment described anti-semitism as a Windows and equipment were against the critical outlet,” “serious illness of the soul,” but smashed and police searched CPJ Europe and Central Asia said Poland does not have to journalists’ personal eff ects. The programme co-ordinator Nina agree with “either Poles or Jews” newspaper staff say no warrant Ognianova said. who want to “off end” Poland. was at any point shown. “We call on Ukrainian Mr Zybertowicz’s claims of Vesti has previously rattled authorities to explain their passivity fl y in the face of the Arma by investigating its activi- forced entry, return property many acts of resistance carried ties. Tasked with recovering taken and stop harassing Media out by Jews in Poland and else- assets obtained through cor- Holding Vesti so that its jour- where, the Warsaw Ghetto upris- ruption, the agency has been nalists can resume their work.” ing being the most notable, accused of targeting offi cials [email protected]

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n ITALY ANTI-FASCISTS MARCH AGAINST RACIST SHOOTINGS MACERATA: 30,000 demonstrators defy mayor’s bid to call off rally

by Our Foreign Desk was a response to the mur- dents clapped and cheered the der of a young Italian woman march as it snaked past. in which a man of Nigerian “We have a constitution THIRTY-THOUSAND anti-racists descent is the prime suspect. that is, above all, anti-fascist rallied in the Italian city of While Forza Nuova chief and I want the laws against Macerata on Saturday to mark Roberto Fiore claims to fascist ideology to be applied,” a week since six black people deplore the shootings, he also marcher Giuliano Denti told were shot and wounded by a remarked that Mr Traini was reporters, while Mafalda fascist gunman. “also a victim.” Quartu added: “In recent years Demonstrators defied calls But Thursday’s provocation we have allowed the right to from Mayor Romano Carancini by about 40 right-wing activ- flourish. I have always demon- for the rally to be called off for ists was dwarfed by Saturday’s strated, but now we need to do fear of provoking “unrest” — giant rally, which saw participa- so more than ever.” far-right activists of the Forza tion from the National Associa- Interior Minister Marco Min- Nuova party clashed with tion of Italian Partisans (Anpi), niti told a press conference that police last Thursday when an organisation of veterans of he agreed with action against they held a demo in the town the second world war anti- far-right parties, saying “there claiming: “people die from fascist resistance which over- are limits beyond which we can- immigration.” threw and hanged Mussolini, not go in a democracy and we Mr Carancini claimed at the the Potere al Popolo (“power to will not allow anyone to breach weekend that his heart was the people”) left electoral alli- them.” He added that “fascism with the anti-fascist protest, ance, socialists, communists and nazism are dead forever.” though he didn’t show up. and trade unionists. But Tuscany regional presi- Shooter Luca Traini has told The crowds chanted: “If dent Enrico Rossi retorted: “Fas- police his rampage, in which he there’s unemployment blame the cism and nazism can be reborn. drove around the city firing on government, not the migrants” Our task is to prevent that.” anyone black he came across, and on parts of the route resi- [email protected]

n TURKEY sian President Vladimir Putin HDP begins congress to on Saturday, apparently agree- ing to avoid escalation. Russia’s Foreign Ministry replace arrested leaders described the Israeli air raids as “absolutely unacceptable,” TURKEY’S Peoples’ Demo- A warrant for Ms saying they endangered its cratic Party (HDP) began Kemalbay’s arrest was own troops in Syria who were its congress yesterday, issued on Friday on the present “at the invitation of its seeking to elect new grounds that she has legitimate government.” leadership following the expressed opposition to The US sided with Israel, arrest and impris- Turkey’s invasion saying it supported its “right onment of the of Syria’s Afrin to defend itself” and calling previous ones. canton, but she had on “Iran and its allies to cease MPs Pervin not been arrested provocative actions.” Buldan and when the Morning Israel has condemned the Sezai Temelli are Star went to press Syrian government for fighting expected to be and addressed the alongside Hezbollah and also elected co-leaders congress. alleges a significant Iranian in place of Sela- Hundreds have presence in Syria, although hattin Demirtas, who is been arrested in Turkey independent journalists such behind bars awaiting trial for criticising the attack as Robert Fisk say they have for alleged links to the on Syria’s Kurds, while come across no evidence of this. banned Kurdistan Work- seven other HDP MPs [email protected] ers Party (PKK), and Ser- had already been jailed pil Kemalbay (pictured) as part of the massive FOLLOW US — who herself was elected clampdown on critical ON TWITTER to fill in after former co- voices by President Recep leader Figen Yuksekdag Tayyip Erdogan following LAST STRAW: A man dressed in the traditional ‘straw man’ costume is pulled to his feet during the winter @M_Star_Online was arrested and jailed. 2016’s failed coup. carnival in the alpine village of Evolene, Switzerland, where locals build the Hom Strom, a giant straw man, and then set it on fire, supposedly to chase away winter and welcome spring Morning Star morningstaronline.co.uk 8 Monday features morningstaronline February 12 2018 @m_star_online

Y KURD- ISH nom de Star comment guerre, given to me by the Kobane was Staling MPeople’s Pro- tection Unit (YPG), is Tirpan Cudi. Labour cannot let Brexit I am a communist and one of three Irishmen now in Afrin divide the party – to do to resist the Turkish invasion of Rojava, northern Syria. make Afrin Vietnam I have been fighting here so would spell disaster against Isis since 2016 as part of the International Freedom Battalion, an alliance of Turk- ATTEMPTS to start a war within the Labour Party over Brexit ish communist parties and do not help our movement north or south of the border. international communist and They also show misplaced priorities by too many on the anarchist volunteers. left, who are continuing to shadow-box on battle lines My closest comrades have drawn by the ruling class when ordinary people have been here since the battle moved on. of Kobane in 2014. They are Westminster politicians and media pundits assumed, mostly from Communist Party after the unexpected victory for Leave in 2016’s referen- of Turkey/Marxist-Lenninist dum on EU membership, that Brexit would be the issue (TKPML) and the Liberation of our time. Army of the Workers and Peas- A panicked Conservative government — David Cameron ants of Turkey (TIKKO). had staked everything on a Remain win and was forced to They have been active since resign when the outcome became clear — couldn’t believe 1972, mainly in the Dersim its luck as Labour MPs decided to blame their own leader mountain range and are made for the result and waste an entire summer in a futile bid to up of a mix of ethnicities typi- reverse the will of the party membership by removing him. cal of this region: Kurds, Turks, Establishment voices sailed into last summer’s election Armenians, and people of the again predicting disaster for Labour and assuming that Allevi religion — a progressive voters would divide along Brexit lines. sect of Islam that holds Moham- A super-majority was predicted for Theresa May’s Tories, ed’s daughter in reverence. who shouted from the rooftops that only they could be You realise quickly that there trusted to carry out the will of the people on Brexit. is not one oppressed ethnicity in the region, but alongside the Kurds, there are tens of major groups with their own The Liberal Democrats, reduced to roughly a tenth of languages and histories that their previous parliamentary size in the 2015 election, saw are threatened by Turkish an opportunity to crawl back from the abyss by hoovering chauvinism. up Remain voters disillusioned with Labour’s supposed However, allies in great lack of clarity on the issue. number are still thin on the As we know, Tories and Lib Dems miscalculated. Labour ground. The only thing close fought a campaign on economic justice, pledging an end to to a friendly neighbour in the rip-off privatisations, action on poverty pay and insecure area is in the very south of the work and more money for public services. It paid off with Iraqi Kurdish Regional Govern- the biggest increase in vote share the party had seen in ment (KRG). seven decades. Since the Kurdish referen- That forward movement was discernible in Remain- dum, the Iraqi government voting Scotland as well as in Leave-voting England, with rolled back a lot of the KRG’s a failure, deliberate or otherwise, to properly resource autonomy, so the relatively candidates assumed to stand no chance of ousting Scottish small assistance they were National Party MPs depriving the party of an even more previously able to get from dramatic comeback north of the border. the Patriotic Union of Kurdis- Since then, Labour has come to dominate the national tan (PUK) party areas has gone. conversation. Its ideas around expanding public ownership Former Iraqi Kurdistan presi- and democratic control, responding to the automation dent Masoud Barzani’s Kurdis- revolution that in its current form poses a threat to jobs tan Democratic Party (KDP) is and creating a new deal for workers through improved in charge of the KRG overall, workplace rights and stronger trade unions show an ambi- and crucially that includes all tion and dynamism the Tories clearly lack. of the regions that actually bor- Against this backdrop, a number of MPs continue to der Rojava. snipe at the leadership because of its principled decision He is an ally of Turkey and to respect the referendum result on the EU. completely hostile. Even when Isis was at its strongest, he stood aside and even impeded ist Communist Party (MLKP), the YPG’s fight whenever he GARY OAK presents a put the Afrin resistance like Nicola Sturgeon might whinge that this is “effectively could. this: Kobane was Stalingrad, backing the Tories’ extreme Brexit,” while Vince Cable, the The KDP’s politics are not make Afrin Vietnam. coalition kingpin who privatised Royal Mail and helped even Kurdish nationalist, they letter from an Irish This is how I would explain the Tories tear up our NHS, might have the gall to accuse are feudal, tribal, opportunisti- it to the anti-capitalist left in Jeremy Corbyn of “collusion” with his former allies in the cally friendly with Turkey and Europe and the United States Conservative Party. Israel, and the party are total volunteer in the YPG facing who still struggle to under- Both are being deeply dishonest. Labour has not backed clients of the United States, stand and support us. the Conservative position on Brexit, forcing the govern- which injects millions of dol- Like Vietnam, we have made ment to bring any deal back to Parliament. Corbyn has lars into its failing statelet. invasion from Turkey alliances with the big powers detailed priorities including an end to undercutting wages The relationship with the in the past and played them off and negotiating new, fairer international trade models Syrian government is compli- one another. But now we face which couldn’t be further from the free-market fantasies cated but I wouldn’t describe it checkpoints with no problems. Russia has tried to get the Turkey, and therefore Nato of David Davis or Liam Fox. as hostile today. Rojava is not a The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) Syrian Kurds a place at the table imperialism, head on. In truth, Sturgeon and Cable, like some on the right of separatist project, its ambition has not been obstructing us in for the peace negotiations, and The YPG will fight the war, the Labour benches, fixate on reversing the referendum is autonomy within what the our defence of Afrin, which it for the first time secured one but you must conduct a huge or frustrating its verdict because Corbyn’s radicalism Russians propose, a new Syrian could easily do. for the planned Sochi talks. and militant solidarity cam- frightens them. Republic. Russia has given a decent However, Russia allowing paign back home. We need Far better a party returned to the Establishment’s neo- The YPG and Syrian forces amount of military assistance Turkey to invade Afrin shows actions, protests and trade liberal comfort zone, tied down to the free market prin- have worked together in the to the YPG in the past, though it is no more reliable than the union declarations. We need ciples enshrined in the EU treaties, than one offering a past in the liberation of Aleppo. less than the US. It proposes US. Our alliances with it were slogans on the walls of the fundamental challenge to an exhausted status quo. Many of the city neighbour- replacing the current Syrian tactical and temporary, just like West. From the SNP or Liberal Democrat perspective, these pot hoods of Qamishli in Rojava Arab Republic with a new Syr- the YPG said from the start. Militarily, fighting a Nato shots make sense. It is disappointing when such attacks are under government control. ian Republic, with Kurdish International solidarity army will be different to fight- come from within the labour movement itself. But even as a foreigner you autonomy, and state recogni- is therefore vital. One party ing Isis, like I did in Manbij and can walk or drive through the tion of all minority languages. active here, the Marxist-Lenin- Raqqa, due to the Turkish air morningstaronline.co.uk Morning Star morningstaronline features Monday @m_star_online February 12 2018 9

borders, we can expect a com- APOLOGY: Hugh Gaffney plete disregard for civilian life. However, in 2015 there were ingrad, barely any journalists, inde- pendent or otherwise, cover- ing those massacres because the Turkish state was able to close off the area. The Rojava Kurds are more famous and have played a much am better media game. Now the world is watching Afrin and asking why the heroes who lib- erated Raqqa from Isis yester- RESISTANCE: Kurdish YPG day are being abandoned today. fighters Even though we have seen some BBC reporters embedded with the Turkish side, we also have reporters on our side of the line. In comparison to Isis there are three things I am glad I won’t have to deal with this time. The first is suicide car- bombs driven at speed towards us. Some of those were more powerful than the average air strike. I arrived in the wake of one once. It had gone off at a cross- roads and totally vapourised everything on the road and almost levelled all the apart- COTTISH MP Hugh Some would be perfectly ments on the four corners. Gaffney was — willing to exploit ongoing rows The second is mines, booby rightly — repri- for political gain. But any race traps. There are ridiculous Smanded last week Scottish Labour, issue in the party is a collective, amounts of mines planted by for remarks about not factional, issue. Isis. When they retreated they Chinese people at a Labour The charge against Gaffney riddled the places they vacated event. is now led by, of all outlets, the with mines. In one apartment I would prefer it these things Scottish Sun. This is the same building in Raqqa we found 35 never happened, but such and how not to paper that routinely denigrates traps set with explosives. incidents should be judged on Muslims, refugees and other The third thing is the suicide the aftermath as much as the minorities it regards as undesir- vests loaded with ball bear- event. able, and whose English sister ings on individual fighters. Gaffney gave a swift, hum- paper has a roll call of hatred Although these could make ble apology. He faced public handle a gaffe that could fill volumes. a reappearance given that so censure, and will now attend many Isis and other jihadis training where he will hope- senior Sun journal- have been recruited to Tur- fully emerge with a serious ist claims Scottish key’s side. understanding of how words This time, please, let’s keep Labour “moder- Despite Turkish troop num- can bite in a culture that still A ates” are worried by bers and air power, I’m opti- struggles with the real, mate- Leonard’s response. mistic. Unlike most of Rojava, rial impact of racism. The “moderates” were less Afrin is mountainous and Hopefully this shows that factional politics worried when they appointed hilly. We can fight a guerilla Shami Chakrabarti’s review a former Scottish Daily Mail campaign here during the inva- into internal racism following out of anti-racism, political editor as the party’s sion, and if needs be during an anti-semitism allegations — the director of communications, occupation. first modern protocol on iden- after a record of minority- Even if we lose major areas, tity-based discrimination to be says NATHAN bashing headlines. we will either get them back drawn up by a major British This spin doctor subse- as soon as Turkey withdraws, political party — is working. quently ran Sarwar’s failed or Turkey will eventually face Meanwhile the Tories have a AKEHURST leadership bid, accompanied losses that will cost Erdogan Foreign Secretary who throws former leader Kezia Dugdale politically. around terms like “water- on I’m A Celebrity to provide Having removed all the peo- melon-smiled piccaninnies” So it was horrifying to hear with lots of concerning com- media advice, and has now ple from his administration and uses Libyan corpses as former Scottish Labour MP and ments before pressure finally returned to Holyrood politics

Pic: KurdishStruggle / Creative Commons / Creative KurdishStruggle Pic: who might have talked sense the butt of conference speech leadership contender Anas Sar- came on her to resign last year. — according to some sources to into him, Erdogan’s invasion is jokes, while they preside over war allege that a Labour figure Woolas was ardently defended head up the anti-Leonard fac- force. But ideologically speak- nothing but a madman lashing an economy that has damaged had told him Scotland was “not by party grandees even after tion behind the scenes. ing it is not so different. out. minority communities and ready for a Paki leader.” the courts slapped him down. The Sun, Daily Mail and Both Isis and Turkish Presi- The legal implications of sponsor an immigration con- The merit of these claims is Furthermore, the leaking Labour right are not the peo- dent Recep Tayyip Erdogan fighting a sovereign power trol regime that has returned for the party to determine, and of Sarwar’s apparent refusal ple to lead a crusade against want the total destruction of and Nato member state do not racial profiling to our streets. hopefully Sarwar is engaging to sit next to Leonard at First racism. the Kurdish people, both are concern me. I’m in a sovereign Labour is the party of the with its procedures. But this Minister’s Questions last week Sarwar said he wants to see Islamist and, in typical fascist state, it’s called Syria, and it’s first black female MP, of the incident aside, I’ve no doubt smacks of a deliberate attempt “deeds not words.” So do I — fashion, both are trying to res- currently being invaded ille- Race Relations Act, and of the that Anas — like me — has to turn the issue into a question I will judge people on their urrect an older, glorious order. gally by Turkey. Macpherson report. But that seen racism inside and outside of Leonard’s leadership. contributions to building a While Isis wanted a caliphate, I’m a member of the YPG, doesn’t mean we always get it Labour throughout his life. It isn’t. Leonard has stood better world, not their level Turkey has neo-Ottoman ambi- a Syrian army that’s increas- right. That’s a matter for solidarity up against racism throughout of performance-outrage every tions. ingly gaining de-facto recog- A year ago, 12 of the 14 con- beyond factional lines. his career, joined an anti-racist time someone makes a boorish The assistance Turkey has nition. I don’t care about the stituency Labour parties in spe- But some responses to Gaff- rally barely a week ago, and comment. given to Isis is well documented legality. Turkey and its Free cial measures were ones with ney’s gaffe smack of factional- there is no suggestion he is The Chakrabarti principles, but it failed to crush the Rojava Syrian Army (FSA) goons have large minority communities. ism. Sources on Labour’s right weak on the issue. and the Labour party’s democ- project. So now, to weaken no business here and need to I hear regular stories about have been heavily briefing that It seems an open secret in racy review, will allow us to Rojava ahead of the Sochi peace be crushed in their craven strategists relying on an “eth- Gaffney was “let off” by Rich- Scottish Labour circles that strengthen a climate where peo- negotiations, Turkey is taking neo-Ottoman Salafist efforts. nic vote” over real community ard Leonard and Jeremy Corbyn just as some Labour figures ple can report discrimination. matters directly into its own We are not leaving until that engagement, or of MPs making because he’s on Labour’s left. attempted to destabilise Corbyn But it’s a backward step hands with the invasion of job is done. casually racist remarks. Yet there is nothing to sug- prior to the 2016 coup, a few when any allegation is weap- Afrin. If we win, then facts on the Only a few years ago, former gest disciplinary procedures hope to execute similar, more onised for partisan gain, which Given the 2015 Turkish cam- ground makes prosecuting immigration minister Phil were not followed precisely. successful manoeuvres against still happens too often. paign against the Kurds in us unlikely, or at least very Woolas was turfed out of office In any case similar and worse Leonard. Let’s hope that any ques- Bakur, eastern Turkey, where unpopular as the West will by the courts for a campaign incidents have been ignored by In spite of surging polls for tions of discrimination in they flattened large civilian be on friendly terms with the based on, in his aide’s words, previous leaderships. Scottish Labour over the last Scottish Labour stay clear of areas of cities such as Cizre Rojava project again. If we lose “getting the white vote angry” And of course Sarah Cham- year, sections of the party’s the intrigue and plotting which and Nusaybin inside Turkish we will be dead. by smearing local Muslims. pion (no Corbynite) got away right remain unhappy. the party can do without. Morning Star morningstaronline.co.uk 10 Monday features morningstaronline February 12 2018 @m_star_online Learning to love the bomb: Trump policy makes nukes ‘more usable’ MARILYN BECHTEL examines the implications of the new Nuclear Posture Review

ITH the new 4,000, of which 1,550 are oper- wide-ranging list of non-nuclear two minutes to midnight, is N u c l e a r able. aggressions by others that could “the closest the Clock has ever P o s t u r e It is estimated that over the lead to US first-use of nukes. been to Doomsday, and as close WReview (NPR) next two decades, carrying out Among them: “Attacks on as it was in 1953, at the height released on Trump’s NPR would double the the US allied or partner civilian of the cold war.” February 2, the Trump admin- portion of the military budget population or infrastructure, Showing just how much the istration is revealing its plans earmarked for nuclear weap- and attacks on US or allied world’s other nations are con- to significantly upgrade the ons, with costs rising by up to nuclear forces, their command cerned over the present nuclear US nuclear weapons arsenal, $50 billion annually. and control, or warning and weapons situation, in July, 122 develop new types of smaller- Congressional approval of attack assessment capabilities.” United Nations member coun- yield weapons, more closely such spending will be essential. Gronlund pointed to the dis- tries voted to approve the new integrate nuclear and conven- In a February 2 commentary connect between the new US UN Treaty on the Prohibition tional war-fighting capabilities for The Bulletin of the Atomic position and the NPR’s admo- of Nuclear Weapons, which and expand the circumstances Scientists, Lawrence Korb, a nition to Russia that nuclear would ban developing, test- under which nuclear arms senior fellow at the Centre for first-use on any level “will fail ing, producing, manufacturing, might actually be used. American Progress (and in the to meet its objectives, funda- transferring, possessing, stock- Despite the NPR’s repeated 1980s an assistant secretary of mentally alter the nature of a piling, using, or threatening to claims that these moves are defence for manpower in Ronald conflict, and trigger incalcu- use nuclear weapons. “not intended” to “enable Reagan’s administration), noted lable and intolerable costs for One country opposed the nuclear war fighting,” ana- that many US military officials Moscow.” treaty, one abstained, and oth- lysts from a broad range of see development of low-yield Korb also pointed out that ers including the nine nuclear- arms control and disarmament weapons as a potential “gateway the NPR “overestimates the armed countries boycotted the organisations are pointing out drug” for nuclear war. extent to which our geopoliti- talks and did not sign. that the measures are unneces- “Adding a nuclear cruise cal rivals are expanding their As the treaty’s initiating sary, enormously expensive and missile to the inventory,” he arsenals.” organisation, the International greatly increase the possibility said, “means that the Russians He cited Trump’s rejection Campaign to Abolish Nuclear of a devastating nuclear war. would have to assume that of Russian President Vladimir Weapons was awarded this The new NPR states that the any cruise missile is in fact a Putin’s offer to extend the 2010 year’s Nobel Peace Prize. US “will maintain the range nuclear weapon.” New Start treaty committing Ican’s executive director Bea- of flexible nuclear capacities Korb also pointed out that both countries to significantly trice Fihn called the treaty “a needed to ensure that nuclear or “such new weapons undermine cut their nuclear arsenals. Korb choice between the two end- non-nuclear aggression against the nuclear Non-Proliferation also noted that China has “only ings: the end of nuclear weap- the United States, allies and missiles, land-based intercon- prehensive Test Ban Treaty Treaty, Article VI of which some 60 intercontinental mis- ons or the end of us.” partners will fail to achieve its tinental missiles and bomb- (CTBT) when it was opened for obligates its signatories to take siles, capable of carrying some After the release of the objectives and carry with it the ers — two new nuclear-armed signature in 1996. The new NPR steps to nuclear disarmament.” 300 warheads.” new NPR, Peace Action’s Paul credible risk of intolerable con- weapons would be developed: explicitly states that Washing- The US ratified the treaty in Calling the “world security Kawika Martin wondered: sequences for potential adver- a submarine-launched cruise ton will not seek to ratify the 1970. The new document com- situation … as dangerous as “Who in their right mind saries now and in the future.” missile and a “tactical” low- CTBT. pletely omits any reference to it has been since World War thinks it’s a good idea to make The new plan would also yield submarine-launched bal- The NPR would also reverse Article VI. II,” The Bulletin of the Atomic nuclear weapons ‘more usable?’ “strengthen the integration listic missile. over four decades of efforts by In another commentary pub- Scientists’ Science and Security … Who let Dr Strangelove write of nuclear and non-nuclear The NPR also makes resump- both Republican and Democrat- lished the same day, the Union Board on January 25 moved its the Nuclear Posture Review?” military planning.” tion of nuclear weapons tests led administrations which have of Concerned Scientists’ co- Doomsday Clock 30 seconds Besides the current nuclear more likely. The US signed, cut the US nuclear arsenal from director and senior scientist Lis- closer to midnight. ■ This article appeared at peoples- triad — submarine-launched but never ratified, the Com- over 30,000 weapons to about beth Gronlund cited the NPR’s It said the new setting, at world.org.

T might be thought that retaining its regional power seek, and I will not accept, the Tet offensive, a key base in Saigon, would stop the nomination of my party moment of the Vietnam British imperialism attacking the North. for another term as your presi- Iwar that started at the end Tet completely changed that dent.” of January 1968, 50 years equation. For Wilson there was It was the beginning of the ago, is something that the a wider imperial and military end for the US in Vietnam and Western media might prefer issue and one that is still play- the events of early 1968 sparked not to dwell on too much. and the Tet offensive ing out 50 years on. anti-Vietnam war protests The line in 1967 from Dem- The debacle of Suez in 1956, around the globe including sev- ocratic US president Lyndon where Britain had acted with- eral well-known ones at the US Johnson had been that the war out US backing in an attempt embassy in Grosvenor Square, was reaching its final stages, KEITH FLETT looks back with France and Israel to police central London. that Vietnam would stay as two the Middle East and was forced The right-wing commentator countries: a communist state in to withdraw in short order, had Max Hastings reflecting on Tet the north and a US client state 50 years to one of the led to a serious rethink about after 50 years in the perhaps designed to maintain US impe- What he did not keep quiet Britain’s role as a world power. unlikely space of the Daily Mail rial interests in Indochina in was Britain’s role in the Viet- By the late 1960s it was clear noted: “Here is a lesson for all the south. turning points of the nam “peace” talks. These were that Britain could no longer modern wars: generals can General Giap, the military jointly run by Russia and Brit- afford a military role in the sometimes claim victory — as leader of the Vietnam People’s ain. East. The issue was what role the West did after the fall of Army, had other ideas. Vietnam war Russia was held, broadly, to could be played and how to the Taliban in Afghanistan in At the end of January he support the North, while Brit- maintain the special relation- 2001 and in the 2003 invasion launched an assault on the and US sides. The US army the US in Vietnam as Tony Blair ain was the US representative ship with the US. of Iraq — yet find that is far south, capturing the city of was a conscript force includ- did later in Iraq. supporting the South. The impact of the Tet offen- from the end of the story.” Hue and making advances in ing many who had no desire There were reasons for this. As 1968 started the aim had sive was immediate. By the end Blair, whose New Labour other areas. to be there. The US was using British mili- been to move towards an agree- of March, president Johnson project deliberately eschewed The offensive was overcome The political impact on the tary facilities in the Far East to ment. That meant essentially had announced a ceasefire and historical knowledge, did not in due course, and in the nature US was profound. It also created provide assistance for its Viet- that the communists gave up proposed further talks. however learn the lessons of of war, many were killed and waves in Britain. Harold Wilson nam operation. Wilson kept their idea of a united socialist He concluded his speech Vietnam, committing Britain injured on both Vietnamese had not sent troops to support this quiet. 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Hilary Wainwright’s analysis of the recent upsurge in anti-capitalist to the Experts Worryingly, they note that by Joe Earle, Cahal Moran the 83 per cent of exams on movements is well worth reading, says PAUL SIMON and Zach Ward-Perkins economic courses at the top- A New Politics from the Left (Penguin, £9.99) ranked London School of Eco- are right in regarding … co-oper- nomics “entailed no form of by Hilary Wainwright ative socialism as being entirely critical or independent think- (Polity Books, £9.99) fantastic.” WHILE studying economics at ing whatsoever.” Wainwright’s book not only the University of Manchester, For the authors, this largely ignores a class-based the three authors of Econoc- amounts “to nothing less than HIS book is a analysis, it obliquely dismisses racy became disillusioned the dictionary definition of reminder of why its application of being of any with how little their education indoctrination.” Hilary Wain- value. She approvingly records was helping them understand The narrowness of the cur- wright is one of Williams as “fetishising none as the causes and aftermath of riculum is not an outcome of Tcontempora r y more ‘revolutionary than oth- the 2008 financial crisis. conspiracy, they explain, but of British socialism’s ers’”, hence dismissing much In response, they set up the historical forces and a market- most perceptive and thoughtful core Marxist-Leninist thought Post-Crash Economics Society orientated higher education writers. and practice over the last cen- and are now members of the landscape in which fund- Yet, while there is much tury and more. Rethinking Economics net- ing, publication and career which the socialist reader will And the Communist Party work linking 40 groups in 13 advancement is largely predi- agree with and be intrigued comes in for criticism, as its countries. cated on adhering to a single by, hers is by no means a per- “attitude to popular participa- Their broad thesis in the strand of limited economic fect analysis in advancing ideas tion and the democratisation of book is that economists thought. about a “new politics” from the knowledge would often — at a wield a huge amount Those looking for left. leadership level, at any rate — be of influence in society how change can be In an approach that con- Helpfully, she examines the practical and tacit knowl- hostile.” — think of the impor- forced on this con- sciously avoids too much theo- examples from Britain in depth, edge of people, is propelled by This is a shame, as an explora- tance the media gives servative world will be retical referencing, Wainwright including the radical Lucas Plan technological advances and tion of how democratic central- to the post-budget interested in the book’s builds up her argument through of the 1970s and the transforma- their use as open-source oppor- ism leveraged disproportionate analysis of the Insti- short section detailing her own and others’ empirical tive City Service experiment tunities, with information and working-class material and polit- tute for Fiscal Stud- the growth of student experiences. She considers the in Newcastle during the early insights shared in common. ical gains — which it still could ies — but have become groups attempting to various models that have years of this century. But Wainwright is too astute within the looser and broader dangerously discon- reform the teaching recently challenged the Examples elsewhere a writer to assume that these movements outlined here — might nected from the gen- of economics. relationship with the include Fairmondo, the semi-autonomous movements have assisted in squaring the trans- eral population, with little Believing that economics is capitalist state and the Catalan co-operative can automatically in themselves formative circle. Recent history public oversight. too important to be left to the profit-driven ethos of the alternative to Amazon, challenge the prevailing eco- demonstrates the ease with which And they argue that eco- experts, in 2015 the authors whole globalised system. with the author placing nomic system without an equal the capitalist class infiltrates, dis- nomics as it is taught in uni- launched the pilot Commu- Opening her account particular emphasis on effort to capture the command- sipates and fragments movements versities today means that eco- nity Crash-Course In Citizen by exploring the politics the transformational ing heights of the economy from that don’t have a co-ordinating cen- nomics graduates are “grossly Economics, a six-week evening of knowledge, Wain- benefits of the co-oper- the centre. She cites Greece as a tre and strategy. underprepared” to understand class for interested members wright (pictured) effec- ative model. clear example of where capitalist Nonetheless, Wainwright’s how the world works. of the public. tively juxtaposes the prevailing Echoing Raymond Williams’s structures, even once controlled conclusions about the trans- To prove this, the authors Endorsed by Noam Chom- orthodoxies of social democracy The Long Revolution, she posi- by a supposedly radical party, are formed Labour Party and conducted an in-depth review sky, Owen Jones and econo- and neoliberalism with the prac- tions such efforts in the broader very difficult to bend towards the Momentum’s growing influ- of the curriculum at seven Rus- mists Ha-Joon Chang and Mar- tical and tacit knowledge of real context of the growing shift to will of the people. ence, not only among activists sell Group universities, find- tin Wolf, The Econocracy is a people. self-determination. Correctly, Some would go further and and trade unionists but in secur- ing “a remarkable similarity tightly-argued, level-headed She explores examples of she states that, even when these cite Lenin in his On Co-oper- ing the internal mechanisms of in the content and structure critique of the dominance of where this knowledge has been initiatives fail or are heavily com- atives that such efforts may the party, suggest that we are on of economic courses.” neoclassical economics. used to transform, albeit fleet- promised by capitalist agencies, actually be counterproductive the cusp of a truly transformed Capitalist-friendly neoclassi- If there has been a more ingly, the way organisations the learning and inspirational in the fight for a better society socialist movement that com- cal economics, with its mech- important book written in the operate, from autocratic and value for succeeding generations as “transforming present-day bines coherence with front-line anistic focus on rational and last 10 years about the role of bureaucratic entities to open, to try again is invaluable. society into socialism without experimentation. self-interested individuals, economics in society I’d like transformative democracies In spite of individual setbacks, taking into account a fundamen- We live in exciting and hope- dominates, as does textbook to see it. placing social good at the heart this slowly building movement, tal question like the question of ful times and this book goes learning, theoretical models IAN SINCLAIR of their existence. based on the implementation of the class struggle … is why we some way to explaining why. 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QUIZMASTER with William Sitwell WHY don’t they fall over? event, and the cast-list for Col- ration of everyday objects and That’s the baffl ing thing about lateral (9pm BBC2) makes this images in his collage and “com- TODAY’S QUESTIONS all this stuff on ice at the Win- new four-parter almost compul- bine” pieces is the missing link ter Olympics. sory viewing: Carey Mulligan, between the Dada of Duchamp The curling, for instance: John Simm, Nicola Walker and and the kitsch of Warhol. 1 How many musicians make high-speed street cleaning on Billie Piper top the bill, but the Art bloke presenter Alastair up the British jazz band ice, and yet nobody falls over. quality runs deep. Sooke, though: he wouldn’t be Dinosaur? It’s the same with all these Hare told the Radio Times: “… missed. Scandi-noirs, too. Gadding my aim became to show how” A four-way 9pm dilemma is 2 Which part of the body is about in the snow and ice, the killing of a refugee working fulfi lled by Stonewall Uprising measured using a Brannock nobody ever comes a cropper: a in the gig economy “could reso- (PBS America), which looks at device? hint of frost or a fl ake of snow, nate through a whole series of the protests that followed a over I go. diff erent worlds.” A must-watch. police raid on a New York gay 3 Which island in the Dutch The BBC’s halfpipe-to-luge Before Donald Trump, before bar that became a catalyst for Caribbean has an airport coverage of the Winter Olympics Bobby Charlton even, there was the modern gay rights move- called Flamingo? skids off down the runway at a geezer called Caesar who tried ment in the US and around the 9.15am on BBC1. For those with- to stave off his follicular fate world. out the staying power, there’s with a comb-over. Marvellous Film of the day? A 2013 drama a handy hour-long catch-up, Mary Beard gets to shine a light by Ryan Coogler, who recently YESTERDAY’S ANSWERS Winter Olympics Extra, at 8pm on his bald patch and much else directed the new superhero on BBC4. And you can brush up in Julius Caesar Revealed (9pm movie Black Panther. Fruit- 1. Which British comedy duo play the what type of machine? Twittering on your curling with the mixed BBC1). vale Station (11.20pm Film4) detectives in Done To Death (1972)? 3. Was a Tyer’s railway tablet or token doubles fi rst semi-fi nal live at Robert Rauschenberg: Pop recounts the fi nal hours of Afri- The Two Ronnies (pictured) circular, square or elongated? Circular 12.10pm. Art Pioneer (BBC4) is a chance can-American Oscar Grant, shot 2. A work of art by Paul Klee, done in 1922, is A David Hare-written TV for a ponder at the work of the by San Francisco transit police drama is a rare and noteworthy US trailblazer, whose incorpo- on New Year’s Day 2009. morningstaronline.co.uk Morning Star morningstaronline letters Monday @m_star_online February 12 2018 13

GRAHAM STEVENSON ■ SYRIAN CONFLICT explores the Star archives 80 YEARS AGO TODAY... US regime-change goal When cars could win an election THE Daily Worker had to queue up for buses ■ of February 12 1938 and trams to get to the is what keeps war going revealed the “methods by polls and many failed which wealthy candidates to arrive before closing have won parliamentary time, consequently being WHY does Chris Purnell say elections,” following their disenfranchised. Mean- that President Bashar al-Assad exposure in the Com- while, the cars of Walter of Syria has a record of tortur- mons by Major James Elliot, the Tory secretary ing and massacring his oppo- Milner, Labour MP for of state for Scotland, were nents (Letters February 8)? Leeds South East, when speeding past half empty. According to the Syrian he moved the second Yet he won a majority of Observatory for Human Rights, reading of the Election only 149 over his Labour when the death toll in the war (Motor Cars) Bill. opponent. reached 100,000, about 40 per This legislation aimed An even more strik- cent of those killed were Assad to prevent voters being ing case was that of one fi ghters and 15 per cent were taken to the poll in cars wealthy candidate in rebels. Did the rebels carry out unless they were aged Leeds who hired a special massacres as well? or infi rm. There was train to bring 70 private Even the mainstream media concern that, otherwise, cars from London. is not accusing Assad of mas- wealthy candidates The Bill failed, being sacring enemy fi ghters. There could provide an almost talked out at its second is a terrible war going on with unlimited number of cars reading, due to the heavy casualties on all sides. on election day, given Conservative-led overn- Regarding the allegation that their individual cost ment’s sizeable majority of torture, one of the main then exceeded the annual and because it would sources for this is a series of income of 75 per cent of mean many Tories losing pictures, called the “Caesar” the population. their seats. photographs, showing muti- Maj Milner pointed out lated corpses. that in Northwich, a con- I have seen serious grounds UNHOLY ALLIANCE: A US offi cer with the head of the Manbij Military Council, part of a Kurdish-led rebel coalition You can stituency of 179 square read editions of to question these photographs miles, one candidate at on reputable internet sites. It is He says Russia must use its United States, not Russia, which there are indications that both the Daily Worker the 1929 general election (1930-45) normal practice for hospitals to infl uence to bring about a dem- has always been the power bro- sides are open to this. had 150 cars and his oppo- and Morning photograph the bodies of dead ocratic Syria in which Syrian ker in Syria. The US, if it chose to do so, Star (200 0-today) nent only fi ve. Yet the , online at soldiers in war and that could Kurdistan has full autonomy. Washington is now pushing could almost certainly bring Tory winner had a major- mstar.link/DWMSarchive be the source of these pictures. I believe Moscow is entirely the Kurds to continue fi ghting about peace, but it is hell-bent ity of only four votes over Ten days’ access costs Chris says we must support open to that possibility. It has and it is also talking about on regime change. As former his Labour opponent. the YPG. I think he needs to never dictated any terms for building up a border force. CIA director John Brennan just At Glasgow Kelvin- £5.99 and a spell out the fact that this Syria other than that it should The US has made no serious put it, “Syrians will continue grove, Labour voters in year is £72 means supporting violence. be the people who choose the attempt to bring about compro- dying” until Assad goes. the 1935 general election The methods of the YPG are country’s rulers. mise between the Kurds and BRENDAN O’BRIEN the same as those of the IRA. The fact is that it is the the Syrian government, though London N21

■ HATE SPEECH Show us proof of left-wing anti-semitism AS a Labour Party member, I been a gift to the Tories to The exchange stemmed ried away with anger against would like to add comment undermine the left’s voice. from an email from a banksters and are unaware to Mark Holt’s letter regard- What is missing, in my mutual colleague in the US of the history of the Jews in ing anti-semitism (M Star view, is actual examples of (someone well-educated and banking and the real anti- February 6). anti-semitic language from intelligent) which contained semitism which existed here Just this morning, I heard the left, whether verbal or such absurdities as a list of until the early 20th century. Theresa May on Radio 4 link- online. banks which the Rothschilds This is surely not what it’s ing the problem of hate I once tried to elicit this controlled, including the all about. speech against women and information from a Jewish Bank of England. As comrade Holt says, this Muslims to anti-semitism. colleague who had quit Face- I have heard comrades air- is purely about Israel and Thus, the weaponisation of book and the Labour Party ing such nonsense at confer- Palestine. this issue by the anti-Corbyn over this issue. He got very ences. I hope, and believe, CAROL WILCOX wing of the Labour Party has upset, but he never replied. that they have just got car- Highcliff e

■ HISTORY WHAT, NO TRAIN? Portillo on one of his Great American Railroad Journeys FOG OF WAR: The aftermath of the ■ TELEVISION We should not December 1941 Japanese attack forget the Pearl on Pearl Harbour Hands off Portillo’s nice relaxing show YOUR TV pundit Ann Douglas off er from ITV and Channel 4, Harbour attack is no fan of Michael Portillo and this BBC teatime show is a rest his Great American Railroad Jour- from Trevor McDonald and his TOM UNTERRAINER’S arti- neys (M Star January 22), I note. show Look Who I Interviewed cle This is Not a Drill (M Star For me, it’s a great show to on Death Row and that other January 20-21) was a welcome watch, relax and catch up on barrel of laughs, listening to reminder of the dangers that all the other news in our new, Piers Morgan. the world faces. fresh-looking Morning Star. MARTYN LEWIS His mention of Hiroshima Seeing the other fare on Leighton Buzzard and Nagasaki recalls the second world war. We should not for- get 1941 and Pearl Harbour in HAVE YOUR SAY Hawaii — the Japanese attack Write (up to 300 words) to on which is also an event. 52 Beachy Rd, London E3 2NS JERRY STILES or email [email protected] Mitcham Morning Star morningstaronline.co.uk Monday morningstaronline 14 February 12 2018 sport @m_star_online n WINTER OLYMPICS Cross-country SOUR GRAPES: South Korean protesters star Musgrave burn an image of Pyongyang skis to Britain’s leader Kim Jong Un and best-ever finish the flags of North Korea ANDREW MUSGRAVE secured and Korean the best Winter Olympics unification result by a British cross-coun- during a small try skier with seventh as Nor- rally against way claimed a clean sweep of North Korea’s the 30km skiathlon podium participation in Pyeongchang yesterday. in the Winter Simen Hegstad Kruger led Olympics the Norwegian 1-2-3 ahead yesterday. of Martin Johnsrud (silver) and Hans Christer Holund. The 27-year-old Scot, at his third Olympics, was behind only Kruger, who had a clear lead, as the skiers entered the stadium for the final time, with 3.75km remaining. Musgrave finished 25.7 seconds behind Kruger. n WINTER OLYMPICS “It’s a decent result but I’m not at the Olympics to come seventh. I’m here to fight for a win,” Musgrave said. Cold warrior Pence earns himself an icy reception Redmond Gerard became the first Winter Olympics US VICE-PRESIDENT Mike South Korean President Moon expanding diplomatic open- At the opening ceremonies behind him, allowing Kim Yo gold medallist born this Pence was left out in the cold Jae In called the “Olympic ing opposed by the US. on Friday, Pence sat stone-faced Jong to be easily pictured in millennium with a sur- in South Korea over the week- Games of peace.” Pence said on Friday that the in his seat as Moon and North profile next to the vice presi- prise snowboard slopestyle end, as his efforts to prevent Moon was all smiles Saturday US would oppose talks between Korean officials stood together dent. gold medal on day two of any thaw on the peninsula as he greeted Kim Yo Jong, the the two Koreas until the North with much of the stadium to n Olympic organisers are the Winter Olympics in were given a frosty reception. sister of North Korean leader agreed to open negotiations on applaud their joint team of investigating a possible attack Pyeongchang. Pence spent the days leading Kim Jong Un, and Kim Yong ending its nuclear programme, athletes. on their internet systems that At 17 years and 227 days, up to the Games warning that Nam, the country’s 90-year-old and he was silent Saturday on White House officials took place about 45 minutes the US snowboarder became the North was trying to “hijack nominal head of state, for lunch the news of the invitation. claimed that Pence had only before the opening ceremony. the second youngest male ath- the message and imagery of at the presidential residence. Moon and Pence spoke on clapped the US team. Organising committee lete to win an individual gold the Olympic Games” with its Kim Yo Jong offered an invi- Saturday while taking in the US officials denied that spokeswoman Nancy Park said medal at a Winter Games, “propaganda.” tation from her brother for speedskating, but aides did Pence had been blindsided by the defence ministry and a after Finnish ski jumper Toni But the North was still wel- Moon to visit the North, in not say whether the invitation the seating arrangements: the cybersecurity team were inves- Nieminen in 1992. comed with open arms to what the strongest sign yet of an came up during the discussion. North Koreans were in the row tigating the Friday night outage. n MEN’S RUGBY ENGLAND WEATHER THE STORM FOR TITANIC WIN

England 12-6 Wales match press conference, saying under an intense Welsh come- against a highly disciplined by David Nicholson he was the only England player back. Welsh side, which only con- at Twickenham fast enough to have got to the Referee Jerome Garces played ceded two penalties the whole ball for the first try. advantage after England con- game. May could be seen waving ceded another penalty and full- Man-of-match Mike Brown ENGLAND clung on for victory as Owen Farrell assessed the back Gareth Anscombe fought was reliable under the high ball against Wales on Saturday to rack attacking possibilities in the Anthony Watson to ground the and led the stats for England’s up a record-breaking 15th con- second minute of the game. ball after the ball rebounded ball carries for the afternoon, secutive Six Nations home win. Farrell kicked low to the wing off Steff Evans. but conceded the penalty after In a titanic battle of unre- threading the ball through the To the fury of Welsh fans 74 minutes that brought Wales lenting intensity both teams Welsh defence and May easily watching the replays on the back to within a converted try stood toe-to-toe at Twicken- won the foot race to the line. stadium’s big screens television for the victory. n WOMEN’S RUGBY ham under terrible weather Within 20 minutes, May was match official Glenn Newman But this game was not to conditions. over for his second try after Joe ruled out a try. follow previous scripts, such In the tweet of the day, the Launchbury, with sensitive Coach Warren Gatland was as the 2015 World Cup, where England still on course for title Welsh Rugby Union joked that hands for a forward, passed incandescent about the inci- Wales have managed to con- they had requested the stadium to his winger from the tackle. dent after the match. “It looked jure a victory from the jaws defence after Wales drubbing roof be closed for the match. When Farrell added the like a try to me. It’s such a piv- of defeat. Thank goodness England conversion the scoreboard otal moment in the game. This England side have won ENGLAND’S defence of their time and had the bonus doesn’t have a roof in west Lon- showed an English lead of 12 “The TMO has one big deci- 23 out of 24 games under Jones Six Nations title continued point sewn up within half an don as the wet and cold February points with just a quarter of the sion to make and unfortunately and now have the character to with a 52-0 victory over hour with lock Abbie Scott weather helped make this game match played. he’s made a terrible mistake. At keep their nerve and grind out Wales at Twickenham Stoop. among the key performers. the enthralling spectacle it was. That they failed to trouble the this level, in front of 82,000 peo- a victory. Poppy Cleall and Ellie Kil- Up in Glasgow, a Women’s Jonny May had never scored in scoreboard again for the next 60 ple, you have to get those right.” “This was a win built around dunne ran in two tries each Six Nations record crowd of the Six Nations before but broke minutes was a tribute to Wales. Garces awarded the original a lot of courage,” the home while Abigail Dow, Leanne 2,792 watched France thrash his barren spell with a brace of The ferocity of the tackling penalty and Rhys Patchell duly coach said afterwards. “It Riley, Rachael Burford and their hosts 26-3. predatory tries that cemented from both sides was immense put points on the board for the showed that we can hang in Marlie Packer also crossed in Scotland had gone up his reputation as a speedster. as the two old rivals fought for visitors. there, that we can find a way a match watched by Prince courtesy of a Sarah Law Head coach Eddie Jones supremacy. English ill-discipline saw the to win and that’s an important Harry. penalty, but after that it was lauded the winger in his post- England’s discipline wavered side pinged for 10 penalties, habit to have.” England led 26-0 at half- one-way traffic. morningstaronline.co.uk Morning Star morningstaronline Monday @m_star_online sport February 12 2018 15 n MEN’S FOOTBALL in brief Ahli Al-Khaleel SPURS BATTLE TO NORTH LONDON top West Bank FOOTBALL: Ahli Al-Khaleel (Hebron) top the West Bank league, and remain VICTORY BEFORE A RECORD CROWD unbeaten, after seeing off Thaqafi Tulkarem 3-0. Shabab Al-Khaleel Kane adds a 23rd goal to Premier League campaign to seal hard-fought derby win before an 83,222-strong Wembley slipped to second following their surprise 1-0 defeat to Spurs 1-0 Arsenal chance after coming on as a nodding the ball back across was called into action again. Lacazette missed a duo of injury- Al-Birah Institution. by Harry Corton substitute. goal, leaving Petr Cech rooted Christian Eriksen’s free kick time chances that he may have Taraji Wadi Al-Nes at Wembley Arsene Wenger cited the to the spot. bound for the corner needed a buried on another day. thumped Shabab Dora strikers’ confidence level since Minutes later the England fine save to the keeper’s right Defeat for Wenger leaves (Hebron) 7-0, Shabab Alsamu losing his starting place to new striker went close to doubling to keep it out. his side in sixth place in the squeezed past Jabal Al Muka- TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR signing Pierre-Emerick Aubam- his team’s lead with a similar Next it was Arsenal’s turn to league falling further behind ber (Al Ram) 2-1 and Markz extended the cushion between eyang. chance. This time the striker test the goalkeeper when the in the race for European foot- Balata (Nablus) edged out them and north London rivals “Maybe it’s not at the highest lost his markers to reach Eric ball fell to Jack Wilshere on ball next season and making Shabab Al-Dhahiriya 3-2. Arsenal with a fine 1-0 vic- because he has seen a competi- Dier’s cross but the ball skidded the edge of the box. His curl- their Europa League trip on Bottom club Shabab Al tory at Wembley on Saturday tor coming in for him but he just wide of the post. ing left-footed effort required Thursday to face Ostersunds Khader (Bethlehem) are in front of a record Premier created two chances. That is a Kane may be unhappy not to Hugo Lloris to leap to his right. even more important. still without a win after los- League attendance of 83,222. quality in itself,” the Arsenal have claimed the match ball for A lapse of Arsenal concen- He denied that this result ing 3-0 to Jerusalem’s Hilal The Gunners succumbed to manager said of Lacazette. a hat-trick during a five-minute tration then allowed Dele Alli changes the team’s feelings Al Quds. Premier League top goalscorer After an even first half, Spurs frenzy after the goal. His third through on goal but the Eng- towards Europa League. “I Harry Kane’s 23rd of the cam- came out swinging after the chance, a well-struck volley, land midfielder couldn’t find would have gone for it anyway”, paign. break, with the Gunners on was denied by a good stop from the back of the net. he said. “I will play a normal It’s gudbuy t’ Slade Conversely, Arsenal’s lead- the ropes. Ben Davies’s cross Cech. A flurry of missed opportu- team. Especially because we ing scorer Alexandre Lacazette was met with timely perfec- Spurs continued to probe nities to put the game to bed aren’t in the [FA] Cup, there is from the Mariners failed to convert his team’s best tion by Kane, rising high and and it wasn’t long until Cech nearly cost Spurs dearly when no reason to rest players.” FOOTBALL: Grimsby parted company yester- day with manager Rus- n MEN’S FOOTBALL sell Slade after a run of 12 games without a win. The Mariners sit 17th in League Two — nine Wolves skip points clear of the rel- egation zone — with the recruitment of five loan players in January fail- ing to halt an alarming Coady: Nuno slump in form. Former Yeovil, Cardiff and Charlton boss Slade began his second spell at has brought Blundell Park last April but Saturday’s 3-0 defeat to Crawley proved to be a bit of bite his last game in charge. Aphibarnrat takes Wolves 2-1 QPR that’s what we’ve got to do. It’s by Simon Williams what got us here and hopefully fourth Tour title at the Molineux we can keep on listening and learning.” n MEN’S FOOTBALL GOLF: Thailand’s Kiradech Wolves had not beaten QPR Aphibarnrat secured a WOLVERHAMPTON Wander- in a league game at Molineux fourth European Tour title ers captain Conor Coady has since April 2009 but were ahead after beating James Nitties praised the influence of Nuno against the Hoops after 12 min- De Bruyne’s hat-trick of assists 2&1 to win the World Super Espirito Santo since his arrival utes on Saturday when Alfred 6 Perth. at Molineux. N’Diaye opened the scoring, Aphibarnrat claimed the The former Porto manager slotting home a cross from last of the 24 spots in the replaced Paul Lambert as help Aguero hunt down Foxes Super 6 via a play-off and Ivan Cavaleiro before the Por- Wolves manager last May and tuguese winger set up Helder then had to come through since then has guided Wolves Costa for the second nine min- Man City 5-1 Leicester City to go to the next step forward Schmeichel laid on the hat-trick five rounds of match play to the summit of the Champi- utes later. by James Nalton and achieve the quarter-finals,” goal which Aguero chipped yesterday. onship table. But the league leaders didn’t at the City of Manchester he said. over the stranded Dane. He overcame Ben Eccles, And following a hard-fought have it all their own way and Stadium “We try to do better than last The fourth was the most Yusaku Miyazato, Sean 2-1 home win over Queens the lead was halved when season and hopefully we can impressive of them all as the Crocker and Lucas Herbert Park Rangers on Saturday, Conor Washington hooked in go through.” Argentine blasted the ball from before triumphing over Coady eulogised about the for QPR six minutes after the KEVIN DE BRUYNE tried to They head to Switzerland for a distance, seeing it dip just Nitties. qualities Nuno has brought break. take the match ball from Ser- the first leg on a high following under the crossbar at the last England’s Sam Horsfield to the club. And the visitors nearly took gio Aguero after his hat-trick of this dismantling of Leicester. De second to evade Schmeichel. claimed third place after He said: “He’s fantastic. It’s a share of the spoils only for assists helped Manchester City Bruyne set up Raheem Sterling Guardiola warned that his beating Herbert 3-1. brilliant. You listen to him Coady to clear Eberechi Eze’s to a 5-1 rout of Leicester City on to get his side on the scoreboard side’s progress in Europe may when he talks and you know effort off the line late in the Saturday. early, but this was cancelled out not come as easy as it has in the what he wants. He makes game before Ryan Bennett’s Aguero’s four goals meant when Jamie Vardy pounced on a Premier League. The Catalan TODAY’S TIPS things clear in terms of how last-ditch challenge denied he kept the memento on this Nicolas Otamendi error before coach is using their only league we go into a game. Washington. occasion, but De Bruyne pushed slotting past Ederson. defeat of the season, against Liv- “We’ve always got a way of “You can see from our sec- him close for the Man of the But the home side came out erpool at Anfield where they Farringdon’s Doubles playing, our way of playing, but ond-half performance today Match award. firing in the second period, and conceded three in 10 minutes, RED INFANTRY we always look at the opposi- that we weren’t at our free- Their manager Pep Guar- Aguero got the first of his four as a lesson for his players. Catterick 3:05 (nap) tion as well and respect them flowing best,” said Coady. diola is now looking forward to goals just three minutes into “The Champions League ADELPHI PRINCE and what they bring to the “But it’s about digging in, the Champions League which the half when he tapped in De is another competition, com- Catterick 4:35 table. being resilient and keeping resumes this week, and he hopes Bruyne’s cross. pletely different,” he said. “We talk about it game by our shape. That’s all come to defeat FC Basel in the last 16 The Belgian’s through ball “The Champions League Houseman’s Choice game and it’s instilled within from [Nuno], the boys listen and steer his side to the quarters. set the striker up for his sec- is about how you control the DUBAWI FIFTY the whole football club. That’s and hopefully we can keep on “We start in the Champions ond, before a mistake from emotion and how you control Wolverhampton 6:40 what the boys are doing and doing it.” League and the first target is Leicester goalkeeper Kasper the bad moments.” Monday SPORT February 12 2018 n MEN’S RUGBY WEEKEND RESULTS Premier League Everton 3 1 Crystal Palace Manchester City 5 1 Leicester City Stoke City 1 1 Brighton Swansea City 1 0 Burnley LAIDLAW RESTORES Tottenham Hotspur 1 0 Arsenal West Ham United 2 0 Watford Huddersfield 4 1 Bournemouth Newcastle 1 0 Man United Championship Barnsley 1 1 Sheffield Wednesday Bolton Wanderers 1 1 Fulham Brentford 1 1 Preston North End Bristol City 3 3 Sunderland SCOTLAND’S PRIDE Derby County 1 1 Norwich City Ipswich Town 0 0 Burton Albion Middlesbrough 2 1 Reading Scrum-half kicks 22 points to atone for nation’s humiliation against Wales last week Nottingham Forest 0 2 Hull City Sheffield United 2 1 Leeds United Scotland 32-26 France Wolves 2 1 Queens Park Rangers a wicked bounce took the Aston Villa 2 0 Birmingham City former skipper out of the equa- tion and Thomas was left free League One GREIG LAIDLAW booted 22 to score. AFC Wimbledon 1 3 Northampton Blackburn Rovers 2 2 Oldham points on his return to Scot- Scotland, though, were prov- Blackpool 2 2 Walsall land’s starting line-up as ing harder to shake off than Bradford City 2 2 Bury Gregor Townsend’s men kick- last week and hit back again Doncaster Rovers 1 1 Charlton started their Six Nations cam- on 31 minutes. Gillingham 1 1 Peterborough paign with a 32-26 win over Hogg’s drive split the French MK Dons 1 2 Portsmouth France. defence and with Les Bleus Oxford United 1 2 Bristol Rovers Scunthorpe 1 2 Rotherham The home side were under scrambling for cover Jones Shrewsbury 1 2 Plymouth Argyle pressure to prove they were spotted a chink as he raced in Southend 3 1 Wigan Athletic genuine contenders after to score under the posts. League Two being humiliated by Wales in The teams then exchanged Barnet 1 0 Notts County last week’s opener in Cardiff. a pair of penalties apiece as Carlisle United 1 1 Colchester And they did just that, with Machenaud and Baptiste Serin Cheltenham Town 5 1 Port Vale tries from Sean Maitland and knocked over for France, with Coventry 0 2 Accrington Stanley Huw Jones providing the per- Laidlaw twice responding for Crawley Town 3 0 Grimsby fect response after Teddy Tho- Scotland. Crewe Alexandra 0 0 Yeovil mas’s blistering pace had twice France again turned up the Exeter 1 1 Wycombe Wanderers Stevenage 1 1 Luton Town cut them apart. pressure but all they got was Swindon 1 0 Mansfield Town That left the game finely another Serin penalty as the poised in the second half but Scots stood firm through 20 Welsh Premier Laidlaw — making his first bruising phases — but again Carmarthen 3 2 Newtown Cardiff Met 0 2 Connah’s Scotland start in a year — slot- Scotland battled back with ted over all eight of his kicks to Laidlaw knocking over two Scottish Championship breathe fresh life into Scottish kicks to put them level with Livingston 0 0 Dunfermline championship hopes. 16 minutes left. Scottish Cup Townsend’s frustration was past Stuart Hogg for the line. are capable of bludgeoning failed to find touch and that Now it was Scotland mount- Celtic 3 2 Partick Thistle understandable as his men When Maxime Machenaud right up the middle as Jonny mistake was punished on 27 ing the cavalry charge, forcing Cove Rangers 1 3 Falkirk missed three opportunities to booted over a penalty soon Gray sat Machenaud down minutes as Thomas’s wiz- France to concede yet another Dundee 0 2 Motherwell halt Thomas scoring the first Hearts 3 0 St Johnstone after the Scots found them- with a shuddering shoulder ardry once again opened up penalty on 70 minutes which Kilmarnock 4 0 Brora try after just three minutes. selves 10-0 down before they barge. the Scots. Laidlaw once again punished Morton 3 0 Dumbarton Remi Lamerat did the Rac- had even got started. Grant Gilchrist and Russell He picked up the ball as to put Townsend’s team in Ayr United 1 6 Rangers ing 92 wing no favours by pass- But they responded magnifi- then moved the ball quickly France swept left to right and front for the first time. Scottish League One ing to his feet but even that did cently on 13 minutes. Having out to Maitland to dot down chipped the ball over Hogg The Clermont Auvergne Alloa Athletic 1 0 Forfar Athletic not stop Thomas as he handed been criticised for their insist- in the corner. before charging for the line. scrum-half then made sure of East Fife 0 2 Queen’s Park off Finn Russell, side-stepped ence on going wide against Russell’s errant kicking let But just as Laidlaw looked the victory with three minutes Raith Rovers 2 1 Airdrieonians Peter Horne and then galloped Wales, Scotland showed they the French off the hook as he set to bail out the hosts, left as he again fired over. n MEN’S FOOTBALL n WOMEN’S Parris brace helps Man Magpies pluck priceless win off United City to waltz over Reds Newcastle 1-0 Man United loan from Sparta Prague, was by Roger Domeneghetti equal to the challenge, turning NIKITA PARRIS scored a brace utes gone before Parris scored at St James’ Park the low shot away for a corner. as Manchester City waltzed her second with a header on United started the second half to a 4-0 victory against Liver- the hour mark. with more intensity. Lukaku pool and moved back ahead of Abbie McManus netted a A SECOND-HALF goal from had the ball in the back of the Chelsea at the summit of the fourth after 73 minutes to move Matt Ritchie and a string of net after 52 minutes but it was Women’s Super League. unbeaten City two points clear superb saves from debutant disallowed for Chris Smalling’s Chelsea had taken top spot of Chelsea. goalkeeper Martin Dubravka foul on Paul Dummett. Two min- following a 2-0 win against Danielle Carter and Beth secured a priceless win for utes later Sanchez found himself Birmingham on Saturday, but Mead both scored twice for Newcastle. unmarked with the goal seem- Parris fired City on their way Arsenal as they moved up to It was the Magpies’ first win ingly at his mercy only to see his to victory when she opened the third following a commanding at home in the League since also leaves his Manchester United utes, crafting five chances, to shot blocked by Florian Lejeune. scoring in the first minute. 4-0 win against Yeovil. October, dragging them out of team languishing 16 points the visitors’ none. It was not But it was the home side who Izzy Christiansen then dou- In the day’s other match, Ever- the drop zone and up to 13th behind their cross-city rivals. until the 32nd minute that made the breakthrough in the bled the home’s side tally from ton held off a fightback from in the process. Despite his disappointment the Red Devils put any pres- 65th minute after Smalling was the penalty spot with 56 min- Reading to secure a 2-1 victory. “There have been so many the United manager had praise sure on Dubravka in the home booked for a dive. Lejeune rose games here that we deserved to for the home side. “After the 1-0 goal. Alexis Sanchez played in to meet the resulting free kick, Published by the People’s Press MSTAR 2018-02-12 MON 1.0 win but we have been unlucky,” the Newcastle United players Jesse Lingard but the debutant Dwight Gayle did well to keep the Printing Society Ltd, William Rust said Newcastle boss Rafa Beni- fought for their lives and that keeper was able to turn the ball alive for Ritchie to hammer House, 52 Beachy Road, Bow, 0 7 London E3 2NS. Telephone: (020) tez, “so to do it against a top is a beautiful thing in football,” deflected shot wide. home low past David De Gea. 8510-0815. Fax: (020) 8986- side in front of our fans was said Mourinho. “But obviously Three minutes later United The visitors came close to an 5694. Email: enquiries@peoples- fantastic.” I am disappointed because I broke on the counter attack. equaliser deep in injury time press.com. Registered with Companies House as Morning Star Defeat leaves his counterpart think we did more than enough Nemanja Matic played a long when Juan Mata’s low cross was (incorporating the Daily Worker) Jose Mourinho still searching for to come away with the points.” defence-splitting pass through flashed towards goal by Michael No N5559. Printed by trade union his first league win on Tyneside Newcastle made all the to Anthony Martial marauding Carrick, but again Dubravka labour at Trinity Mirror. at the seventh time of asking. It running in the first 15 min- into the box but Dubravka, on was equal to the challenge. Monday February 12 2018 9 770307 175213