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DIANE ABBOTT DAVID ROSENBERG TRIBUTE TO A CLASS ACT On international students: p11 Auschwitz and racism today: p12 Mark E Smith: p16 www.morningstaronline.co.uk Trump says he’ll visit Britain this year ORANGE MONSTER THREATENS LONDON

by Peter Lazenby ics, journalists and others. “If he does come, make no Trump, particularly at a time Global Justice Now director mistake, there will be massive when he’d just entered offi ce Nick Dearden, whose group is demonstrations and protests on the back of a disgraceful, MASS protests are back on the part of the Stop Trump cam- to show exactly how we feel hate-fi lled campaign. She has agenda after US President Don- paign, said: “The most divisive about this US president and to no-one but herself to blame for ald Trump said he will make and dangerous US president give voice to those whom he this embarrassing situation. an offi cial visit to Britain this of modern times has once has attacked and demeaned.” “It’s astonishing that May year after all and the protests again threatened to come to He noted that the Prime can happily sit by while Trump will start months in advance. Britain following an embar- Minister’s invitation to Mr says: ‘We have the same ideas Demonstrations are already rassing press conference with Trump to visit shortly after and the same ideals,’ but, given being planned by the broad- Theresa May. his election had been “unprec- May’s own horrible history of based Stop Trump Coalition, “The Stop Trump Coalition edented” and “in no way demonising migrants and cre- which involves more than 40 has already put Trump off refl ected what the British peo- ating a hostile environment for campaigning organisations, a coming to London twice and ple think of this man. them, perhaps we shouldn’t be And the PM dozen MPs, the TUC, 13 indi- we look forward to making it “Theresa May should never surprised. vidual trade unions, academ- third time unlucky. have offered a state visit to Turn to page 3 invited him!

TORY REVOLT THREAT SOUTH KOREA SPORT Leader challenge possible: p3 37 die in hospital fi re: p7 Tennis BDS spat: p24 Morning Star 2 NEWS HOME Saturday/Sunday January 27-28 2018

YOUR PAPER GAVIN WILLIAMS COMMENTS DON’T MISS! YOUR BRAND NEW MORNING STAR Calls for end to Tory warmongering by Ben Chacko told the Morning Star. FOLLOWING the launch of price of paper on world Poorly maintained gas and the Morning Star’s new commodities markets and electricity infrastructure had website at the end of last year, thus the cost of printing, TORY ministers should stop been privatised, leaving it in the we’ll be launching a new-look effective from this month. “banging the drum for war” hands of foreign companies. print edition in a week’s time. The paper’s management against Russia and face up to “Yes, we should be worried These projects are part of committee has therefore the problems caused by their about energy security because our bid to boost our paper’s reluctantly decided that the own policies, Stop the War Coa- of our own government’s poli- appeal and reach at this key price of the larger weekend lition national convener Lind- cies,” she said. political time, which has edition will rise to £1.50 sey German said yesterday. “Now we have a situation seen big steps forward for from next Saturday. There She hit back at a “bizarre” where most of Europe is actu- the left since our own are currently no plans to rant by Defence Secretary ally dependent on Russian columnist of 10 years change the £1 price of the Gavin Williamson, who has energy supplies and yet politi- Jeremy Corbyn became paper Monday-Friday. claimed that Moscow is spying cians speak as if Russia is an leader of the Labour Party. This is our fi rst price rise on this country’s energy sup- enemy and a threat. It does The Star has increased its since 2014, but we are aware plies and could be planning to nobody any favours.” circulation since then, but not that it is a big demand of cause “total chaos” in Britain Mr Williamson’s provoca- by enough either to provide readers to pay more for the by “rip[ping] its infrastruc- tive article in the Daily Tele- the labour movement with the paper given years of ture apart.” graph follows scaremongering voice it needs or to counter real-terms pay cuts and a This could cause “thousands by British army chief Sir Nick our precarious fi nancial bleak economic outlook. and thousands of deaths,” Mr Carter, who claimed last week- situation. While core income Unfortunately, the paper’s Williamson speculated. end that Britain’s military was streams have remained fi nances give us little choice Ms German retorted that failing to keep up with Rus- relatively steady, the paper but to go ahead and we hope Tory governments had already sia’s. has suffered a dramatic fall readers will share our belief “done a good job disrupting Moscow’s forces were “on in legacy income over the that keeping the only socialist our energy supply. Europe’s doorstep,” the gen- past year and this combines daily paper in Britain “They closed all the coal eral warned, referring to Rus- with a signifi cant rise in the thriving is worth the money. mines. They refuse to invest sian troops stationed in Russia. in cheap, safe energy,” she [email protected] FIERCE CRITIC OF WAR: Lindsey German

HOUSING Earl’s Court gentrifi cation plan in crisis Tory U-turn following Grenfell tower blaze

by Nathan Akehurst for [the council] to take a stra- Commenting on the council’s tegic view on housing.” shift, Kensington MP Emma Labour candidate Bruno de Dent Coad, who is also a local A WIDELY opposed £8 billion Florence, who would represent councillor and housing cam- regeneration scheme in west Earl’s Court on the council, paigner, said: “We all hope this London is falling apart following added: “As a resident, I share means it’s back to the drawing CALL FOR JUSTICE: Julie Hambleton, who leads the Justice4the21 campaign and whose sister Kensington and Chelsea Coun- concerns that Capco’s current board for the Earl’s Court site. Maxine died in the Birmingham pub bombings, is congratulated outside the Priory Court in cil’s decision to meet developers scheme is undeliverable. This “Let’s start again and listen Birmingham yesterday after a coroner was ordered to reconsider his decision to restrict the to “consider the site’s future.” Tory folly should never have to the community rather than scope of inquests into the bombings after a legal challenge by victims’ families Conservative deputy council seen the light of day and overseas investors. Some leader and property magnate affordable housing should be social-rented housing plus an Kim Taylor-Smith, who was a basic right.” The master plan exhibition and music venue appointed after his predeces- has also attracted fi erce local might be welcomed to boost sor quit over the Grenfell fi re opposition on heritage the area with residents who last year, said he did not grounds, including the demoli- will actually live there, plus DON’T BE LEFT believe “continuation of this tion of the globally renowned new jobs and trees to clean up development under current Earl’s Court exhibition centre. the fi lthy air.” terms is right” and that “facts Following talks with London With continuing fury over WITHOUT US on the ground have changed” Mayor Sadiq Khan and the council’s handling of Gren- following the deadly blaze. Labour-controlled Hammerm- fell Tower and Labour’s chal- The Earl’s Court master sith and Fulham council, lenge mounting after Ms Dent NOW HALF PRICE! plan stretches across West which is also affected, Capco Coad’s shock general election Kensington, with developer agreed to “rethink” the victory, the Conservatives are Capco’s initial plan proposing scheme in November. under growing pressure to 2 discs with 34 tracks from great to demolish 760 homes across With Cllr Taylor-Smith now address housing concerns. bands and artists - a wealth of two council estates, with just offering “complete support” to Last year, they backed a 11 per cent new “affordable” Hammersmith and Fulham, Labour motion to pause regen- talent, consciousness and an housing even with “affordable” the U-turn will increase pres- eration schemes across the egalitarian spirit of resistance in defi ned as 80 per cent of the sure on Capco to deliver a pal- borough. market rate. The proposed atable proposal. [email protected] words and music “village” areas would contain FEATURING: Attila the Stockbroker, Thee no affordable homes. Something to say? Join the debate! £10 £5 + £2 postage and packaging Liberal Democrat councillor Faction, The Hurriers, Fight Rosa Fight! Send letters (of up to 300 words) to All proceeds go to the Morning Star Argonaut, Joe Solo, Wimmins Institute, Linda Wade, of the cross-party Online: shop.morningstaronline.co.uk Earl’s Court Area Action [email protected] or to Minotaurs and many, many more! Group, said: “The Grenfell 52 Beachy Road, London E3 2NS Phone: (020) 8510-0815 disaster highlights the need Morning Star Saturday/Sunday January 27-28 2018 HOME NEWS 3

POLITICS Tory revolt rumours hit fever pitch as MP warns of frustration by Nathan Akehurst ment toward a ‘softer’ Brexit. Suspicion continues to mount that foreign secretary Boris RUMOURS of a nascent Tory Johnson will step aside after revolt against Theresa May being slapped down by Ms have hit fever pitch after mul- May for demanding £100m tiple papers reported this week extra for the NHS after Brexit. that the number of MPs However, the perceived lack needed for a leadership chal- of a clear domestic agenda, lenge, 48, has nearly been and repeated gaffes from gov- reached. ernment are reportedly cited Graham Brady, chair of the as concerns by restive Tories. 1922 Committee of Tory back- The local elections due in benchers, has been forced to May, when Labour are optimis- ask colleagues to not request tic about taking councils from a formal challenge. the Tories, are being viewed as Cartoon: Skelf www.skelfpoliticalcartoonistandillustrations.com Backbencher Mark Pritch- a make-or-break moment for ard, who previously advocated the Prime Minister’s credibility. sacking ministers disloyal to Ms Speculation about potential FRONT PAGE May, warned of “growing frus- leaders abounds. Channel 4’s tration that Number 10 is not Krishnan Guru-Murthy said: plugged into the views of back- “There are two stories about ORANGE MONSTER THREATENS LONDON benchers or even interested.” Defence Secretary Gavin Wil- The Wrekin MP was liamson that he put in the news appointed as the UK delegation — one about an affair, another FROM P1: “We will con- “Racist attacks are lead to the Organisation for a scare story about Russia. tinue working to make on the rise in the US. At Security and Cooperation in “It’s almost as if he wants sure Trump under- a time when racist Europe by Ms May in Decem- to get embarrassment out of stands he’s not welcome attacks are increasing ber last year. the way while reminding peo- here and to fight against here, a Trump visit He added: “The PM is being ple of his leadership potential.” those aspects of the could further exacer- criticised for taking her very Bookmakers have slashed British government’s bate racism. small group of allies for the odds on a no-confidence own shameful migration “In the event of a granted — a big mistake!” vote in Ms May. policy.” Trump visit, anti-rac- A further Tory MP who Commenting on the The first major pro- ists will take to the spoke to the Guardian on rumours of a Tory test will take place in streets in large num- condition of anonymity coup, a Labour London on March 17. bers.” accused Ms May of source said: Campaign group The billionaire bigot having “no clue” how “The Tories are Stand up to Racism will announced that his to exercise influence weak, wobbly stage a demonstration visit was back on at a and of “alienating and totally out of celebrating United c r i n g e - i n d u c i n g ly friends.” ideas.” Nations Anti-Racism embarrassing media The central division is news@peoples- Day, with the combined conference at the thought to be over Brexit, press.com theme of opposition to World Economic Forum as prominent Tories the Trump visit. annual gathering in caution against The London protest Davos, Switzerland, any moves by will be co-ordinated where politicians rub the govern- with other events in Glasgow, Stand Up to Racism joint can, Asian and Latin American shoulders with super-rich Cardiff, across Europe and in convener Sabby Dhalu said: countries as ‘shitholes’ should business leaders. the US. “Someone who describes Afri- not be welcomed to Britain. [email protected] Staff at the Morning Star are GRENFELL deeply saddened to announce the death of Dawn Power. Dawn passed away on Thursday Residents’ plea over cladding bill evening after two days in critical care following her collapse in the by Nathan Akehurst charges within months. charges, which are borne by ernment’s rejection of peti- office on Tuesday. Local Labour MP Steve Reed leaseholders. tions urging it to install sprin- condemned “the appalling In advance of a tribunal that kler systems in tower blocks RESIDENTS facing a £2 mil- situation of living in flats that will determine who should foot nationwide, which experts We will miss a wonderful colleague lion bill to have Grenfell-type [residents] know are at risk of the bill, the residents’ petition believe could have prevented and friend and we know many of cladding removed from their going up in flames but are asks ministers to turn “words the spread of the Grenfell fire. building have launched a peti- unable to take action to keep into action” and rule that it is Citiscape resident Miguel our readers who spoke regularly to tion demanding government their homes and their families freeholders’ responsibility to said: “I just hope this is the Dawn when phoning the office will intervention. safe.” ensure the safety of communal nudge that helps them walk the miss her too. Leaseholders at Citiscape The “terrified” residents buildings. walk after all the talk they in south London, which has have been told by the property It also asks for government have done since last summer.” cladding panels similar to management company that the financial support for emer- A Housing Department Our thoughts are with her partner those believed to have spread cost of a new cladding system gency measures to be put in spokesman said: “We are keep- Nick and her family at this last year’s blaze that killed for the 10-storey block is likely place. ing the situation under review.” difficult time. 80 people, face crippling to be covered through service The news follows the gov- [email protected] Morning Star 4 NEWS HOME Saturday/Sunday January 27-28 2018

STUDENT LEADERSHIP RACE EUROPEAN UNION Momentum to Carney slammed for blaming stand candidate Brexit on economy woes

by Ben Chacko that prioritises jobs and protects “The EU subsidised compa- exploited labour rather than for NUS leader frictionless trade, with single nies to move production plants upskilling our own workforce.” by Peter Lazenby it of failing to resist repeated market membership on the nego- overseas. Mr Carney’s made his com- Tory attacks on students. BANK of England governor tiating table,” she urged. “Long-term interest rates for ments as Labour’s shadow “The Tories have dismantled Mark Carney claimed yester- But Communist Party leader manufacturing investment used Brexit secretary Keir Starmer LEADING student campaigner our colleges, taken our grants, day that Britain’s decision to Robert Griffi ths pointed out to be lower than general interest tore into the Tories for their and Momentum activist enforce racist surveillance and leave the European Union had that wages have fallen in real rates, but that disappeared as “double-speak” over a transi- Sahaya James is standing for are now militantly carrying out cost “tens of billions of pounds” terms since the fi nancial crash EU regional plans prioritised tional deal with the EU. election as National Union of their full vision of marketisa- in lost economic activity. of 2008, while “Britain’s capi- fi nancial services in the UK,” Chancellor Philip Hammond Students (NUS) president. tion,” Ms James said. Investment is failing to talist class has refused to he told the Morning Star. said at Davos on Thursday that Ms James studies at the Uni- “Students are charged exor- recover because of the “Brexit invest substantially in produc- “EU procurement rules changes to the EU-British rela- versity of the Arts London bitant rents, management push effect,” the banker said, blam- tive industry for decades.” required tendering for serv- tionship would be “very mod- (UAL) and is currently our academics into further ing the referendum decision Mr Carney should have ices across the EU, losing est,” only to be slapped down involved in an occupation of precarity, pay the cleaners and for the economy being “about learnt from the referendum Britain thousands of projects by No 10 after an angry back- UAL London College of Com- caterers who keep our institu- a percentage point less in size result that the public won’t swal- that would have led to invest- lash from MPs. munication in protest at plans tions functioning a measly frac- than we expected.” low “scaremongering” about the ment. Brexit Secretary David to demolish the building, along tion of what university vice- He said that the “deeper” disastrous results of a Leave “And single-market mem- Davis followed up yesterday with the nearby Elephant and chancellors earn, starve our any post-Brexit relationship vote, Mr Griffi ths argued. bership effectively demanded with a speech in Middles- Castle shopping centre, to mental health services of vital with the EU was, “the better Doug Nicholls of Trade Union- privatisation of public serv- brough, claiming that Britain make way for luxury apart- funding. it is going to be over time for ists Against the EU said Mr ices, leading to debacles like would be allowed to sign inde- ments and a new campus. “Tuition fees and high costs the economy.” Carney’s assessment was “so Carillion, which only invests pendent trade deals during the She warns that the develop- of living mean that students TUC general secretary inaccurate as to be irresponsible. in its own shareholders. projected two-year transition ment would mean eviction for graduate with tens of thou- Frances O’Grady agreed that “Several key factors his- “We are suffering the whip- out of the EU from 2019, add- 70 local, mostly black, Asian sands of pounds of debt. new GDP fi gures showed “the torically led to deindustrialisa- lash of 40 years of EU mem- ing that there were “no differ- and ethnic minority-owned “I’m standing as the united lowest growth in fi ve years, tion and a lack of investment bership, which have run down ences” between him, the Chan- businesses. left candidate for NUS presi- with working people suffering in British industry and all productive industry and seen cellor and the PM on the ques- Ms James is the campaigns dent on a platform sharply a big hit. were directly related to EU our country choose the cheap tion. offi cer at the UAL students critical of the current NUS lead- “We need a Brexit strategy membership. route of importing heavily [email protected] union, a former member of ership and proposing a radical NUS national executive and alternative — a fi ghting union member of Momentum’s that supports grassroots student national co-ordinating group. activists and acts in solidarity INDUSTRIAL She is scathing about the cur- with the workers’ movement.” rent NUS leadership, accusing [email protected] Residents call to nationalise Orkneys ferry A vivid account of how the power of local government service has been reduced by central A PUBLIC meeting on the government and hollowed Orkney Islands is to hear out by the private sector’ calls for the nationalisa- Prof. Jane Lethbridge tion of ferry services which are their lifeline to and from mainland Scotland. Don’t miss Peter The Orkneys comprise Latham’s probe 70 islands, 20 of them inhabited. into the death of The fi ve-vessel North- Link ferry service linking council power them with each other and the mainland is operated by privateer Serco and To get your copy call the £7.50 subsidised by the Scottish Star shop on (020) 8510-0815 + P&P government. The ferries are staffed by transport union RMT members. The union says passen- ger and freight traffi c has decreased and perform- ance declined under Serco James Connolly control. RMT has organised the STANDING UP FOR OUR FUTURE: AWE in Berkshire has been a site of many protests & The Re-Conquest of Ireland meeting at the islands’ main centre Kirkwall on Wednesday February 7. NUCLEAR WEAPONS SITE RMT general secre- Author John Callow provides tary Mick Cash said: the fi rst critical reappraisal of “RMT members are Campaigners’ fury over AWE plans Connolly’s last major work proud to deliver this CAMPAIGNERS have gone raise the 4.4 megabecquerel Fairlie said: “While radiation using a wealth of original lifeline ferry service for nuclear after the Atomic Weap- radiation limit to 100MBq for amounts appear relatively low documents and photographs. local communities and ons Establishment (AWE) tests it claims will help coun- in the application, they repre- In Connolly’s 1915 work the visitors. applied this week to increase ter nuclear terrorism. sent a 23-fold increase. If great revolutionary grapples “Rather than subsidise radiation output from its Berk- But the Campaign for radiation is released into the with questions of nationhood, privateers for a worsening shire site by over 2,000 per cent. Nuclear Disarmament (CND) water supply in spikes, this women’s rights and political service, these lifeline AWE, which produces Tri- said it was nuclear prolifera- could present a danger.” ferries need to be brought dent nuclear warheads, had tion that increases chances of AWE claims that radiation and economic democracy in a into public ownership so two sites placed in renewed dangerous material falling will have “minimal impact” on NOW way that resonates today. they operate in the best special measures last August into hostile hands. The group the local area, which includes TWO THIRDS interests of the people who over safety concerns. also sounded the alarm over urban centres such as Read- OFF £5 (WAS £18!) + £3 p&p use them.” Now the company is asking the risk to public health. ing. A consultation with resi- Call (020) 8510-0815 the Environment Agency to CND radiation expert Ian dents has been launched. Morning Star Saturday/Sunday January 27-28 2018 HOME NEWS 5

NEVER FORGET: Survivors and supporters gather at the Soviet War Memorial of the wreath laying for Holocaust Memorial Day hosted by Southwark Council and the Soviet Memorial Trust Fund in London

Pic: Karl Weiss ENVIRONMENT 135,000 call on shops to ban the plastic bag

A PETITION urging supermarkets to stop using throwaway plastic packaging and bags has received more than 135,000 signatures in a week. The campaign was launched by environmen- tal group Greenpeace, GENOCIDE with a target of 200,000 signatures. The group says Britain’s supermarkets generate one million tons of plastic Holocaust survivors mark memorial day annually. Most of the packaging is by Nathan Akehurst “We must never forget where cruel hurt their descendants implied reference to Jewish He added: “Next Monday, designed to be used once prejudice can lead” and the have suffered. victims in an abridged version Jeremy will attend Islington’s and then discarded — thin Scottish First Minister Nicola “We should understand the was clear. Holocaust memorial event as plastic wrapping around HUNDREDS of survivors of Sturgeon adding: “Hate is not way fascism arose in Germany A source added that neither he always does. He always fruit and vegetables being the Holocaust and other geno- inevitable. We must never and the circumstances that Ms May nor Liberal Democrat refers to what the nazis did to a typical example. cides joined public figures to again allow it to flourish.” gave space for the nazis to leader Vince Cable had the Jews as the greatest crime Greenpeace said: “It commemorate Holocaust “Your legacy is our eternal grow.” referred to Jews specifically. in history.” doesn’t have to be this way. Memorial Day this week, 73 commitment,” chief rabbi Mr Corbyn’s office later Left-wing Jewish voices The theme of this year’s Some things simply don’t years on from the horrors of Ephraim Mirvis told survivors. rejected claims by the Cam- slammed the misuse of the Memorial Day is “the power of need to be packaged and, the nazi genocide. And Labour leader Jeremy paign Against Antisemitism Holocaust to attack Mr Corbyn, words,” exploring how language for those items that do, Politicians of all parties Corbyn said: “We should never that he failed to explicitly men- with writer David Rosenberg can be used to do good or evil. there are loads of alterna- offered tributes, with Prime forget the millions who died, tion Jews, insisting that his calling the allegations “vindic- [email protected] tives to this throwaway Minister Theresa May saying: the millions displaced and the full address did so and that his tive” and “a complete non-story.” Star comment: p8 plastic. “Last week, supermar- ket group Iceland announced it’s moving to PRESIDENTS CLUB plastic-free packaging and ADVERTISE starting by introducing paper and pulp trays and paper bags. IN THE STAR “To protect our oceans from plastic pollution, Full Page: £1,600 (020) supermarkets need to May under pressure Half Page: £800 ( 8510-0815 dramatically reduce the 1/4 Page: £400 amount of plastic that 1/8 Page: £200 ads@ 1/15 Page: £100 : peoples- they’re producing in the to sack Zahawi Box Ad: £50 press.com first place.” Attendence to sleazy men-only event ‘unacceptable’ Annetta Zavalis née Loynes by Our News Desk Jeremy Corbyn raised the Following news that Mr tions of her children and fam- 07.01.1920 pressure on the Prime Minis- Zahawi had been rebuked by ilies minister attending such ter by forcing the resignation No 10, Tory women and equal- an event. Died 9th January 2018 THERESA MAY is facing of Labour peer Lord Mendel- ities select committee chair The event has also sparked Aged 98 renewed calls to sack Children sohn for his attendance at the Maria Miller added: “No gov- concerns at the treatment of Much loved wife, mother, grandmother & great and Families Minister Nadhim Presidents Club event. ernment minister should be women across the hospitality grandmother; friend & comrade. Internationalist & Zahawi over his attendance at A spokesperson for the going to an event where industry, with workers and Socialist well known for her exuberance, an elite men-only dinner where Labour leader said on Thurs- women are only there as the their union reps saying that tenacity and dedication to the ‘cause’. guests harassed and groped day: “It’s right that Lord Men- entertainment. That’s not harassment is “rife.” Now a free spirit to travel & change the world. female staff. delsohn has stepped down. The acceptable. There are ques- A 2016 TUC report into sex- The charity dinner, organ- reports about this appalling tions about why Nadhim had ual harassment found that 67 Member of the Communist Party and supporter of the ised by Conservative donor event were deeply shocking accepted this invitation.” per cent of female hospitality Daily Worker, later the Morning Star since the 1930s. David Meller, sparked outrage and there can be no excuse for The PM has condemned the and leisure staff reported expe- Netta’s funeral will take place at the Co-op after an undercover Financial anyone’s attendance.” dinner but continued to avoid riencing some form of sexual Funeralcare Chapel, Bispham Road, Blackpool on Times investigation found Mr Corbyn himself said that questions about the implica- harassment — 15 per cent Thursday 1st February 2018 at 12.30pm widespread sexual harassment Lord Mendelsohn had not above the national average. followed by burial at Carleton Cemetery. perpetrated by guests against attended an after-party and Well Versed offers Mr Zadhawi maintains that “hostesses,” who were ordered did not witness any of the he left the event early. He has Donations in memory of Netta to to dress in revealing outfits “appalling incidents” great new poetry on condemned the incidents Palestine Solidarity Campaign and plied with free cham- described in the explosive THURSDAYS described in reports. Enquiries to Co-op Funeralcare, pagne. Financial Times report. [email protected] 54 Road, Blackpool FY2 0NR Tel:01253 596754 Morning Star 6 NEWS WORLD Saturday/Sunday January 27-28 2018

IN BRIEF INDIA Senators urged to BJP member calls for exile of Muslims reject labour law by Our Foreign Desk He claimed: “There are a supremacist paramilitary organ- stitution, which proclaims “a MEXICO: Global union very few Muslims who are isation that is closely linked to sovereign socialist secular federation IndustriAll has patriotic. Once India becomes the BJP and in which Mr Modi democratic republic.” urged senators to reject a AN ELECTED state assembly a Hindu nation, Muslims who began his political career. General secretary Sitaram new labour law that will member from India’s ruling assimilate into our culture will Since the BJP took national Yechury warned that such prin- put workers in danger and BJP party has said that the stay in India. Those who will office in 2014 there has been a ciples are “under grave threat increase outsourcing. country will be exclusively not are free to take asylum in marked increase in anti-Mus- today.” An editorial in the par- IndustriAll said it would Hindu by 2024 and that Mus- any other country.” lim attacks, usually under the ty’s People’s Democracy news- “facilitate an extreme lims should convert or flee. Mr Singh also described BJP pretence of the victims having paper said that efforts from model of outsourcing” and Surendra Singh is a member PM Narendra Modi as an “ava- killed or eaten a cow, as the within the state “to weaken the promote “protection of the legislative assembly in tar purush” — a reincarnation animal is sacred in Hinduism. constitution and erode it consti- contracts” — illegitimate Uttar Pradesh, where the of a deity. He appears to have The Communist Party of tute an attack on the fundamen- collective bargaining deals Hindu chauvinist BJP won a picked 2024 for his desired purge India (Marxist) marked the tal rights of citizens and pose a with company unions. landslide last year and then of non-Hindus as it is the year country’s Republic Day yester- grave threat to the secular- “The Bill also restricts, installed a right-wing Hindu before the 100th anniversary of day by urging a return to the democratic republic itself.” obstructs and conditions monk as chief minister. the RSS, a right-wing Hindu- values enshrined in the con- [email protected] collective bargaining, the right to strike and freedom of association and has many other negative AFRICA POLAND points,” said miners’ union Los Mineros president At least 30 refugees drown off Yemen Napoleon Gomez. Community AT LEAST 30 African pulous smugglers” were trying retake the city from Houthi migrants and refugees to “extort more money” from rebels. drowned when their boat cap- the passengers. Survivors Witnesses said the Saudi leader slams Terror bombing sized off Yemen earlier this reported gunfire as the boat coalition bombing Yemen, with week, the United Nations said capsized. the support, arms and military government deaths rise to 26 yesterday. The civil war and brutal guidance of Britain and the MALI: The death toll from The overcrowded boat was Saudi-led assault continued to United States, had struck sev- over rise of a Thursday terrorist carrying 152 Somalis and rage yesterday, with 48 people eral Houthi-controlled bases. attack has reached 26, Ethiopians from the Yemeni killed in fighting in the south- Foreign air strikes on Saada Burkina Faso’s govern- coast near Aden towards Dji- western city of Taiz. province this week killed neonazis STANDING UP ment said yesterday. bouti. Forces loyal to Saudi- between 20 and 40 people. TO Six women and four The International Organisa- backed President Abed Rabbo At least nine civilians were THE leader of Poland’s AGGRESSION: children from both tion of Migration said “unscru- Mansour Hadi had tried to killed, four of them children. federation of Jewish Protesters countries were among the communities has outside the dead, who had been denounced the govern- Turkish travelling to a weekly ment for allowing the embassy in market. growth of the country’s Beirut, The blast occurred FRANCE: neonazi movement. Lebanon shortly after a lorry The banks of Union of Jewish entered Mali across the river Seine Communities in Poland border with Burkina Faso are flooded president Leslaw Pisze- and hit an improvised in Paris, wski spoke out following a explosive device. which has shocking documentary been deeply broadcast on Polish TV affected by that showed fascists the floods celebrating Hitler’s Regulator caves in that hit the birthday in a forest. country over The fascists, some to fossil-fuel firms the past wearing SS uniforms, UNITED STATES: The week, but for raised a toast to Hitler, Environmental Protection many, it was whose portrait hung from Agency (EPA) said business as a tree, ate a swastika-iced yesterday that it would usual cake and sieg-heiled a ditch an air-pollution rule large wooden swastika as opposed by companies it burned. burning fossil fuels. “What else has to The change means that happen for us to look, to “major sources” such as open our eyes, for the coal-burning power plants authorities to say that can now escape more fascism and nazism are stringent regulations. not tolerated in Poland?” by Our Foreign Desk The announcement was stormed Mr Piszewski. made by EPA official Bill Attorney General Wehrum, who worked until Zbigniew Ziobro vowed to TURKISH President Recep November as a lawyer act against the fascists, Tayyip Erdogan vowed yester- representing fossil fuel but still drew a distinction day to expand his army’s and chemical companies. in his statement between assault on Syrian Kurds east- Jewish and non-Jewish wards towards the border with Poles murdered by nazi Iraq. Germany’s forces. Mr Erdogan said his troops Union says yes to The nazi ceremony took would advance at least as far place just 30 miles from as Manbij, 60 miles east of prison reforms MYANMAR the Auschwitz death camp, Afrin, their current focus. FRANCE: Prison guards where today there will be Turkey’s Operation Olive accepted a government an event to mark the 73rd Branch is targeting the Kurd- plan yesterday that their Duterte tells Suu Kyi: Ignore human rights anniversary of its libera- ish YPG militia in Afrin can- union UFAP-UNSA hopes PHILIPPINES President Rod- prize laureate, has presided Doctors Without Borders tion by the Soviet army. ton, with the aid of so-called will improve working rigo Duterte urged Myanmar over military persecution of said that at least 6,700 people, n MPs voted for legisla- Free Syrian Army gunmen. conditions. leader Aung San Suu Kyi yes- the country’s Rohingya Mus- including 730 children, were tion yesterday that will Mr Erdogan, whose govern- The scheme would terday to ignore human rights lim minority, to which Myan- killed by violence In the first jail people who refer to ment has waged a bloody war increase security for the campaigners who criticise her mar denies citizenship. month and another 2,700 died nazi death camps in on Turkey’s own Kurdish most dangerous inmates, military’s attacks on the coun- Roughly 700,000 have fled of disease and malnutrition. Poland as “Polish death minority for years, said that the raise pay and see about try’s Muslims. their homes to neighbouring Mr Duterte is waging his own camps.” invaders would push on towards 1,500 radicalised convicts Mr Duterte told business- Bangladesh. violent campaign against poor Iraq “until no terrorist is left.” put in higher-security units. people in New Delhi, where he While the Rohingya have Filipinos under the guise of a Turkey’s government habit- Guards have been and Ms Suu Kyi are attending long been persecuted and “war on drugs.” Left-wing party ually applies the label “terror- staging protests across an international summit, that killed by Buddhist extremists, Akbayan says that police have Got a story to tell? ist” to all Kurdish people and France after a series of activists against state murder the army crackdown that killed at least 3,900 people since Send an email to has jailed several MPs who attacks by prisoners. were “just a noisy bunch.” began in August has greatly July 2016 and vigilante murders [email protected] have criticised the anti-Kurd- Ms Suu Kyi, a Nobel peace increased the violence. take the toll to roughly 14,000. ish crackdown within its own Morning Star Saturday/Sunday January 27-28 2018 WORLD NEWS 7

SOUTH KOREA 37 people die after huge hospital blaze Sprinklers not fitted at six-storey building by Our Foreign Desk Desk

THIRTY-SEVEN people were killed yesterday in a fire at a South Korean hospital, which also left 143 injured. A doctor, a nurse and a nurs- ing assistant were among those killed in the blaze at the Sejong Hospital in Miryang, a city with 110,000 residents in the south of the country. No sprinklers were fitted at the hospital, whose director said that South Korean law does not require them. Most of the victims were on the ground and first floors of the six-storey main building. Firefighters believe the blaze started in the accident and emergency department. Many patients had to walk through fire and smoke to escape, as the main entrance Dark smoke and flames were building’s fifth-floor windows mine the cause of the fire was burning. pouring from the emergency after being used to evacuate today. Police officer Kim Han Su department when firefighters patients and hospital workers. The deadly blaze follows a said 34 of the dead were women arrived, so they used ladders Dozens of fire engines and December fire at a building in and 26 were in their eighties or to enter first-floor windows. two helicopters were sent to central Seoul that claimed 29 older. Most appeared to have Some carried patients on the hospital as thick smoke lives, making it the worst fire suffocated, with a National Fire their backs to other rescuers blanketed nearby streets. The for a decade at that point. Agency official, speaking anon- below, who moved them on blaze was extinguished in Before that, 21 people were ymously to reporters, saying stretchers to ambulances. about three hours. killed in a fire at a hospital for that only one of the dead had Several fabric escape chutes Mr Kim said he believed the elderly in 2014. suffered burns. were seen hanging from the police would be able to deter- [email protected]

IRELAND Politicians back Unite Carillion call TURKEY IRISH political parties gave their support yesterday to the Unite union’s demand that Car- Erdogan threatens illion workers be taken on by the public-sector Housing Executive. to invade all of About 250 workers in North- ern Ireland were left at risk of losing their jobs when the Brit- ish-based outsourcing transna- northern Syria tional collapsed into liquidation. Unite has demanded that the borders as “supporters of ter- about 200 miles east of Manbij, Housing Executive, for which rorism.” though all of Kurdish-control- the Carillion employees did “We will clear Manbij of ter- led northern Syria runs along maintenance work, hire the rorists … No-one should be the border with Turkey. workers. That call has now disturbed by this because the Mr Erdogan also repeated received the support of Sinn real owners of Manbij are not his denunciations of United Fein and the Democratic these terrorists, they are our States support for the YPG. Unionist Party. Arab brothers,” Mr Erdogan YPG sources said the first Unite’s Ireland secretary raved. week of Turkey’s invasion of Jackie Pollock said: “There is Manbij — like much of Afrin had killed more than 100 a real urgency in ensuring that northern Syria, an ethnically civilians and fighters. Ankara they are now taken directly diverse city — is currently said three of its soldiers and into employment through the controlled by the YPG as part 11 allied Syrian insurgents had Housing Executive’s direct of the Syrian Kurds’ self-pro- been killed. labour organisation.” claimed Rojava region. nHundreds of Kurdish peo- And Unite officer Susan Fit- “From Manbij, we will con- ple rallied outside Turkey’s zgerald added: “There is no tinue our struggle up to the embassy in Lebanon yesterday place for large-scale private VAN NO! The Trumps were probably a little pee-ved to have their request to borrow Vincent Van border with Iraq, until no ter- to condemn the aggression. companies in delivering a Gogh’s Landscape With Snow from the Guggenheim museum for the White House turned down rorist is left,” said Mr Beirut police put up barbed service to tenants. We have and instead received an offer of a gold-plated toilet. A used gold-plated toilet. Valued at around Erdogan. wire to keep them away. seen this approach fail time £700,000, the 18-karat toilet, titled America, is Maurizio Cattelan’s jab at the nation’s greed. The Syrian-Iraqi border is [email protected] after time. It has to end now.” Perhaps the curator felt the president needed a little reminding of what real shitholes look like Morning Star 8 FEATURES Saturday/Sunday January 27-28 2018

ABOVE: Demonstrators in Rome, Italy, hold pictures of Giulio Regeni during a vigil asking for the truth on his death in Cairo during a day when police were mobilising against protests. His body showed signs of torture LEFT: Kurdish demonstrators hold olive branches and shout slogans near the Turkish embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, as they protest against the Turkish assault on Afrin, Syria Struggle on the streets The best photos from the week’s protests around the world ABOVE: Catalans protest in support of pro-independence politicians imprisoned in Barcelona, Spain. They demanded the release of two civil leaders jailed three months ago for running a referendum on sovereignty LEFT: Women raise machetes and crosses in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, during a protest against new rightist President Juan Orlando Hernandez. He was awarded the role last month despite a disputed vote tally BELOW: A man in a lion costume chants anti-Trump slogans in Port-au- Prince, Haiti, during a protest against the US president’s recent disparaging comments about Haiti and African nations Morning Star Saturday/Sunday January 27-28 2018 FEATURES 9 TheANNIVERSARY soul of the Revolution Jose Marti was a renaissance man — journalist, poet and leading figure in the Cuban struggle for independence. OLLIE HOPKINS explains his relevance in today’s Cuba

ANUARY 28 2018 marks the considered them [Marti’s books] too Straits, the hardline emigres continue 165th anniversary of the birth subversive. Or is it because I said to frame Marti as someone who would of Jose Marti, the writer, jour- Marti was the inspirer of the 26th of have rejected the Cuban revolution. nalist, poet and leading figure July? … But it makes no difference. Ronald Reagan — a cheerleader for in the struggle for Cuban inde- I carry the teachings of the master US imperialism in Latin America — pendence in my heart and in my mind the noble created the anti-Cuba propaganda JEach year on the eve of birth anni- ideas of all men who have defended radio and TV stations and provoca- versary, in over 160 municipalities people’s freedom everywhere,” Fidel tively named them after the anti- across the island, Cuban youth lead said. imperialist theorist. the Marcha de las Antorchas (March He quoted Marti 10 times during In the last three decades, the US of the Torches) in processions that his defence, including “To those who has spent more than $700 million pay tribute to their national hero. would call me a dreamer, I quote the (£492m) on Radio and TV Marti The marches, where the torches words of Marti. ‘A true man does not beaming broadcasts — unsuccess- represent the flame of life and liberty, seek the path where advantage lies fully due to Cuba’s ability to block date back to 1953, the centenary of but rather the path where duty lies’.” the transmissions — that act as pre- Marti’s birth, when Fidel Castro, Abel For Fidel, Marti was “the most bril- text for US intervention in Cuba and and Haydee Santamaria, Melba Her- liant and universal” Cuban political the overthrowing of the revolution. nandez and their comrades marched theorist and his ideas represented an For Cubans on the island, Marti is from the University of Havana to the “inexhaustible wellspring of political, the leading theorist on the threat of Fragua Martiana, where the dreadful revolutionary and human wisdom.” US intervention in Cuba. He lived in San Lazaro quarry used to be, and He called Martí the “intellectual New York in exile for much of his where Marti, as a teenager, was sen- author” of the revolution while Che adult life and said: “I’ve lived inside tenced to hard labour by the Spanish Guevara called him the revolution’s the belly of the beast and I know it rulers. “mentor.” well.” The centenary was a pivotal year Marti wrote extensively on anti- His statue stands at an entrance for the Cuban Revolution. It began imperialism, but his goal went beyond to New York City’s Central Park. with the march in January, followed independence for Cuba from Spain Following the move towards nor- by the revolutionaries’ failed attack or the US . He wanted to deliver social malising US-Cuban relations in 2014, on the Moncada Barracks on July 26, justice on the island “with all and for the Bronx Museum of the Arts raised and culminated in Fidel’s “History the good of all.” $2.5m (£1.8m) in donations to make will absolve me” defence speech in “A wealthy nation is not one in a replica of the sculpture as a gift to October. which there are a few rich men but Havana, reflecting the move towards Fulgencio Batista’s regime banned rather one in which every citizen has increased co-operation and cultural the imprisoned Fidel from receiving a small share of that wealth. Both in exchanges at the time. Marti’s writings to prepare for his political economy and in solid govern- Following Donald Trump’s new defence and also barred him from ment by distributing these things we policy hostile to Cuba, which has fur- having any paper, which resulted in make the people happy,” he wrote. ther strengthened the US blockade, his entire speech being delivered His huge role in Cuban history and any future cultural exchanges are from memory. culture cannot be exaggerated and now under threat, but the replica “It seems the prison censorship perhaps only becomes clear to non- statue has successfully arrived in Havana and will be officially inaugu- rated on the 165th anniversary. In 1895, Marti left the US and returned to his homeland to lead an insurrection against the Spanish but died on the battlefield soon after, aged 42. Cubans when they first visit the Miami alike, leading to a battle of island. interpretation of his works. few years later, Cuba Visitors are likely to arrive at Jose The Jose Marti Cultural Society finally won its independ- Marti International Airport in (SCJM) plays an important role in ence from the Spanish, but Havana, spend pesos with Marti’s keeping alive his legacy and rele- the infamous Platt Amend- image on, see Marti busts outside vance in contemporary Cuba. ment that followed denied schools and statues in town squares, Rene Gonzalez, one of the Miami Marti’s independence visit the huge Marti memorial at Five heroes, is vice president of the dream,A allowing the US to intervene Revolution Square and hear Marti’s organisation. It’s role is to “sow the in Cuba’s affairs. poetry in the song Guantanamera. seed” of Marti in Cuban youth. It was not until January 1 1959 that Marti is also in the unique position “Every young Cuban has a Marti Cuba would finally win its sovereignty of being a hero for both Cubans on inside,” he says. and independence and create a society the island and Cuban hardliners in On the other side of the Florida based on social justice. As Cuban poet Nicolas Guillen said, “What Marti promised, Fidel deliv- GIANT OF A MAN: (Top) ered.” Jose Marti; (left) monument The revolution has delivered world- in Plaza de la Revolucion leading achievements in health, educa- and (below) statue in tion and social care — feats that have Central Park, New York taken place under incredibly difficult conditions of the US-imposed blockade. Marti’s vision of Cuban self-deter- mination continues, with the island’s general election process — just one dimension of Cuba’s participatory democracy — currently taking place when millions of Cubans get actively involved in the running of their coun- try.

n Ollie Hopkins is campaigns officer for Cuba Solidarity Campaign. If you want to discover more about Marti and Cuba, please sign up to one of the CSC tours www.cuba-solidarity. org.uk/tours” www.cuba-solidarity.

Pic: iDosh! /Creative Commons Pic: Eden, Janine and Jim/Creative Commons org.uk/tours Morning Star 10 FEATURES Saturday/Sunday January 27-28 2018

HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY How Salonika became disfigured by anti-semitism Pic: Konstantinos Kolimpalis / Creative Commons HERE is a dreadful sym- metry in the desecration of the Holocaust memorial in Greece’s second city, Thessaloniki. It took place last Sunday, inT the week that ends with today’s commemoration of the liberation of Auschwitz. Its perpetrators were the neonazi Golden Dawn, who, according to its leader, are “the seeds of the defeated army of 1945” — of Hitler’s Third Reich. The nazi destruction of the Jews of Salonika/Thessaloniki was exceeded only by that visited upon the Jewish population of Poland, where 90 per cent of them were deported in 1943 to perish in Auschwitz. The vandalism of the memorial in Salonika’s Freedom Square took place during a right-wing nationalist rally of tens of thousands of people last Sunday — the police say 90,000 — with 500 coaches busing in support- ers from around Greece. The great majority of them were not fascist or neonazi supporters. Many were mobilised by reactionary forces of the Orthodox church. The leading elements were a rag- bag of militarists, nostalgics for the junta, nationalists, assorted far-right elements and obscurantists. The aim was to exploit the dispute between Greece and its neighbour over whether the word “Macedonia” may be used in the official title of the former Yugoslav republic that bears that name. The “Macedonia question” has returned through a growing Nato drive to bring the state into the mil- itary alliance as it expands into the KEVIN OVENDEN charts how the birthplace of the Greek Western Balkans. That requires lift- ing the Greek veto on its membership. The result is a carnival of reaction. working-class and socialist movement has come to be Today’s great power rivalries in the Balkans are a reminder of how the region has been disfigured and brought riven by the far right and rabid nationalist forces to repeated disaster for more than a century by such imperialist conflicts. who responded to rising anti-semitism ship went over to Bolshevism and It also served as a twofold weapon When that happened, the Salonika Wars have been one consequence, by seeking some form of Jewish formed what became the Communist against the rising workers’ movement bourgeoisie, acclimatised by its the fuelling of reaction, ranging from national expression or perhaps a state Party of Greece. and left. First, to claim that “honest embrace of politically deployed rac- chauvinist and racist delirium to the structure, but the idea of emigrating The year 1917 also brought a dis- workers” were being duped by “Jewish- ism, provided ready collaborators. unique danger of fascism, another. to establish a physical Jewish state aster to Salonika. A great fire ravaged Marxists.” Second, a false “anti-capi- They profited directly too — not Parallels between the period since found little reception in Salonika. the old Jewish centre, leaving 52,000 talism” holding that all the misfortunes least from the destruction of the vast the crash of 2008 and the Great Most prized what was, with rare homeless. of the popular classes were the result Jewish cemetery of perhaps half a Depression of the 1930s have become and sporadic exceptions, a genuinely The decision by the city fathers to not of giant corporations but of a hid- million graves. something of a cliche. Perhaps a more cosmopolitan city with little inter- use the rebuilding to displace the den hand of “Jewish finance.” The headstones were ripped up and illuminating comparison is with the communal tension. troublesome, left-leaning Jewish The term “Jew-Bolshevik” used for construction. Upon the site years before the coming to power of The atmosphere in the thriving working class and replace their deployed by reactionary elites in now stands the Aristotle University fascism in Germany and all it led to. major port of the Balkans contributed homes with shiny neoclassical build- Poland had its Greek counterpart in of Thessaloniki. The port city of Salonika, a “jewel to great intellectual and theological ings of the Greek state and bourgeoi- Salonika, where the city’s business Of those hundreds who escaped the of the Mediterranean” as described innovation among its Jewish inhabit- sie betrayed a deeper menace. class sought to divert the social dis- round-ups and deportations of 1943, in Mark Mazower’s magnificent his- ants and others. While the nazis would go on to con- content among Greek refugees from many fled to the mountains and joined tory, City of Ghosts, illustrates that And political innovation. Salonika centrate anti-semitism into a geno- the newly formed Turkish state onto the communist-led resistance. comparison. was a birthplace of the Greek work- cidal poison, modern anti-Jewish Salonika’s Jewish citizens. The daughter of one, a friend of It had a unique culture, formed ing-class and socialist movement after racism was far from the preserve of The liberal wing of the Greek rul- mine, explains why her father, a small largely by the Jews who fled there it was absorbed into the expanding German fascism. ing class was less overt but through- businessman with no socialist lean- from southern Spain when the Chris- Greek state before the first world war. It was in the first third of the 20th out the period made one concession ings, did so. “It was a matter of fight- tian reconquista led to the expulsion Central to the growth of trade century a lingua franca of national after another to their monarchist and ing for survival. That meant joining of Muslim and Jew alike in 1492. unionism and the left were radical conservative elites on both sides of chauvinist rivals who sought in this the communist partisans,” who went The Jewish refugees who settled in Jewish labour figures. It was Avraam the Atlantic. way to build their political support. on to liberate the country in 1944. Salonika brought with them a litera- Benaroya, a Bulgarian Jew, who It served as a foil for the rabid nation- And both wings shared the ambition There are Holocaust memorial ture, music and culture that over the forged with others the Socialist Work- alism fanned by the great power com- of military-state expansion and thus events in Greece this weekend. next half-millennium cross-fertilised ers Federation over a century ago. petition that erupted in war in 1914. the concomitant xenophobia. Among much else, we shall remem- with the myriad of peoples in that part It published its paper in four lan- Uniting the nation against its ene- It required the devastation of total ber the Greek Jews, probably led by of what was then the Ottoman empire. guages, seeking to unite the commu- mies meant exclusion of those who war and nazi occupation for anti- an army officer from Ioannina — For most of those four centuries, nal labour organisations into a feder- were in the nation state but “not of Jewish racism as an instrument for Iosif Barouch, who in an incredible Salonika was a majority Jewish city. ated force. After the Russian Revolu- it” — supposedly loyal to something divide and rule to be transformed into act of final resistance rose up in Octo- It inspired those in the 19th century tion of 1917, almost the entire leader- else and beyond. mass murder. ber 1944 and destroyed Crematorium Morning Star Saturday/Sunday January 27-28 2018 FEATURES 11 Pic: DTRocks / Creative Commons

SINISTER: A file photo of Golden Dawn at a rally in Athens in 2015

IMMIGRATION HE Financial Times reported this month that “new visa rules [are being] blamed for fall in overseas students intake,” with the story International reflectingT that, while Britain contin- ues to be one of the most attractive destinations in the world for interna- tional students, the latest recruitment figures show that we have seen a students slowdown in recent years. In response to these latest develop- ments, elected mayors from across the country wrote an open letter high- lighting the profound and positive impact international students have enrich us all on our cities and regions and the need for the government to have a more positive approach in this area. Reducing student numbers Currently, around 230,000 students arrive here annually for university courses, mostly postgraduates. makes us poorer – socially, More and more evidence shows that international students are a vital source of export earnings for Britain, culturally and as well as a source of investment in towns and cities across the country. According to Universities UK, the economically, umbrella organisation for vice-chan- cellors, non-EU international students make up 13 per cent of universities’ writes DIANE revenues. A recent report from the Higher Education Policy Institute outlined ABBOTT in detail just how much international students contribute to the economy. Tory approach is damaging Britain But the evidence has showed that The report showed that interna- in this area, and suggests they see these claims, which have been repeated NATIONALISTIC: Greek protesters wave flags and a banner reading tional students generate a net eco- international students as a drain on ad nauseam for a number years by ‘Macedonia is one and is Greek’ during a rally against the use of the term nomic benefit of more than £20 billion the economy and society. some right-wing media outlets and ‘Macedonia’ for the northern neighbouring country’s name last Sunday for the UK economy and outlined how India’s Hindustan Times, to give Tory politicians, are both false. international students bring eco- just one example, recently argued that In reality, all the mounting evi- IV in Auschwitz-Birkenau just proclaiming that he is opposed to any nomic benefits that are worth 10 Britain had many top universities, dence shows that the policy of includ- months before the liberation. negotiated agreement with the neigh- times the costs of hosting them. “but they also offer the most student- ing international students in the total But the words that will be offered bouring state on the Macedonia- In 2014-15, this meant that inter- hostile government in the world.” immigration data, and then subject- from so much of official Greece will naming issue. national students supported more Instead, we should be trying as ing them to the same irrational net demonstrate the aphorism that He is moving to endorse a second than 200,000 jobs, including not only hard as possible to make Britain as migration target, is completely coun- remembering so often involves selec- rally scheduled for Athens a week through tuition fees, but also through attractive a place as possible for terproductive. tive amnesia. tomorrow, despite the fascist violence spending that supports local busi- international students, especially In terms of both public opinion and While most of the city turned its on the fringes of the last one. nesses and helps encourage tourism. considering the challenges our higher in the political debate, the govern- back on the rabidly nationalist fiesta That Golden Dawn has not been This is a sum of over £300 a year education sector and economy face ment is clearly in a minority on this last Sunday, the dominance of the able to capitalise and that attempts for every British resident from inter- due to the Brexit process. issue. politics of Salonika and the Greek to create a nationalist hysteria have national students. There is a growing consensus that Indeed, research shows that just region of Macedonia by the hardened created tensions on the right is But, as the aforementioned letter it is time to remove students from 20 per cent of adults believe foreign right for decades hails directly from thanks to the anti-fascist movement from the mayors pointed out, these immigration targets — calls that have students count as immigrants and 59 the crushing of the interwar left and in Greece, which is fighting also in benefits are not just economic but been supported by Labour, many per cent oppose efforts to reduce its Jewish component, cemented in the the trial of the neonazis to have them cultural and societal as well. Tories, key components of the higher their numbers. civil war against the left in 1946-49. declared a criminal organisation. International students enrich us education sector and many others in Universities UK, the teaching Among the participants at the rally If the need for such a united anti- socially and culturally, enriching our recent months. unions, the National Union of Stu- were MPs of the centre-right opposi- fascist effort is one lesson to promote university campuses and the experi- As home secretary and then prime dents and many local authorities tion party New Democracy, led by this weekend, another is this. ence of British students. minister, Theresa May has been a vocal representing university towns have Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who claims the Fascism is a unique threat, but it Some international students also advocate of including international made clear their stance on this issue mantle of young moderniser of the grows out of elements that are far ask to stay on after their studies and students in the official data and many and have urged the government to liberal capitalist centre. from unique — racist divide-and-rule, again make an important contribution have long argued that this has been change course, yet when it comes to He did not endorse the mobilisa- chauvinism and xenophobia fuelled to our living standards. guided politically by wanting to be seen his issue, it seems that the Prime tion, fearing it would only enhance by imperial conflict and militarism The NHS is just one sector that as anti-immigration rather than guided Minister is too weak to accept she is those who have been trying to build and the repeated capitulation of would collapse without the contribu- by what is best for Britain. in the wrong. a new far-right formation — not ostensibly civilised leaders to barbar- tion of overseas students who come Indeed, it was repeatedly argued In contrast, Labour believes inter- neonazi like Golden Dawn —– but ity if the choice is between that and here to study and then stay on to by May’s supporters in this area that national students are welcome here. more like the new radical right for- advance by the radical left. work. there were large numbers of inter- mations on both sides of the Atlantic. In remembering the Holocaust, let We need to send a more open and national students who overstayed n You can follow Diane at www.twit- Yet Mitsotakis made a dramatic us remember the roots out of which welcoming message to international their visas and so contributed to the ter.com/HackneyAbbott and www. lurch to the right days afterwards, it could grow. And dig them out totally. students. In contrast, the current breach of their immigration target. facebook.com/DianeAbbott. Morning Star 12 FEATURES Saturday/Sunday January 27-28 2018 Star HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY

N JANUARY 27 1945, Comment the Red Army liberated around 7,000 emaciated prisoners at Auschwitz, Remember the largest of six mass- killing centres the nazis A day for establishedO on Polish soil. As the Red Army approached, the nazis attempted to destroy evidence of their crimes, then fled, together remembrance with 60,000 starving inmates, who HOLOCAUST Day offers the chance to honour the mem- they force-marched, in icy tempera- horrors of A ory of those slaughtered by German fascism’s industr- tures, towards other camps. 15,000 ialised genocide — principally Europe’s Jews but also died en route. Gypsies, Slavs, disabled people, gay men and others Holocaust Memorial Day was first designated as subhuman. commemorated in Britain in 2001. Its Hitler’s nazis had broken the backbone of anti-fascist organisers chose to mark it on the the DAVID ROSENBERG resistance earlier by banning the German Communist anniversary of the liberation of Ausch- Party (KPD) in 1933 and locking its members up in labour witz. camps. This day has added poignancy for looks back on his The nazis were strengthened from the outset by the me this year because, just a couple of willing co-operation of German capitalism, which fore- months ago, I was myself walking saw enhanced profits from a repressed working class through the stomach-churning exhib- recent visit to the at home and expansion into neighbouring countries. its maintained in Auschwitz I camp, They found collaborators in the Baltic states, Poland, and then standing in the bleak, vast Ukraine and elsewhere ready to engage enthusiasti- expanse of Birkenau (Auschwitz most notorious of the II camp), by the railway line where cally in murdering Jews from all over Europe and their Jews deported from the ghettoes had fellow citizens who opted to resist nazi occupation. arrived in cattle trucks. nazi death camps, and When the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp was liber- As they disembarked they under- ated by the Soviet Red Army 73 years ago today and went “selection.” Many from their late the extent of nazi crimes was revealed, the entire war- teens to mid-thirties, were chosen for reflects on the time anti-fascist coalition declared that they must slave labour and kept in one line. The never be repeated. others of no utility formed the larger While fascism has never since had the potential to collision of the past line, selected for death. dominate the world, its toxic roots have never been I could see the decaying barrack- fully eradicated. style huts, built for 250, but often and an increasingly That is especially true of those countries overrun by crammed with 750 prisoners, which the German armed forces where the nazi model of ban- housed the victims until they were ning communism and its symbols has been mirrored transported for slave labour or exter- racist present by annual commemorations of local recruits to Ger- minated. many’s SS death squads. Fortunately, I was not there alone but part of a warm and supportive HIH cross-generational, multicultural Some present a spurious even-handedness by ban- group of 48 anti-racist activists and ning both communists and fascists, although there is trade unionists, including a number a disparity in how the two bans are addressed. of Jews and Muslims. There is no equivalence between them. It was nazis We came under the auspices of who unleashed the Holocaust and communists who Unite Against Fascism, as part of a ended it, in the form of the Soviet government and its four-day educational programme that Red Army that confronted 80 per cent of the German I helped to plan. divisions. In a world where many people would The revelation that groups of mainly young fascist like Muslims and Jews to be enemies, Poles met in a night-time forest ceremony to celebrate it was inspiring to be in Poland in a Adolf Hitler’s birthday last April, barely 33 miles from group that brought diaspora Jews Auschwitz, emphasises the danger of far-right extrem- together with Muslims from Egyptian, ism in Poland. Somali, Pakistani and Bengali back- Anti-fascists in Britain are well aware that this isn’t grounds, to witness together where racism against any group could lead. BARBARIC: The fences at an isolated incident, having come into contact here with Birkenau, which were electrified, violent Polish fascists allied to local racists and anti- Our trip was a chastening reckoning with the past but also a confrontation and (left) a map of the locations semites. from which Jews and prisoners These wretches spit on the memory of Poles who with racism and fascism in the present. We visited Auschwitz on day three. of other nationalities were fought bravely against Hitler’s forces in the Warsaw deported to Auschwitz ghetto or in partisan groups or left the country to join In contrast with the day-tripping tour- either the Red Army or the British armed forces. ists who throng Auschwitz every day, casually choosing a site of horror over alternative trips to Wieliczka salt mine witz too, as a German guard. Around 90 per cent of Poland’s Jews HIH or Krakow Castle, our group knew that We were based in the beautiful city “ Around 90 were exterminated, close to a million Postwar generations of young Germans have distin- just days before we landed in Poland, of Krakow, where, before the Holo- of them in Auschwitz alone. Ausch- guished themselves by their support for democratic 60,000 ultra-nationalists had marched caust, 26 per cent of the city’s popula- per cent of witz’s other deportees included an politics and by confronting those seeking to revive the through Warsaw. tion were Jews and 16th and 17th cen- Poland’s estimated 140,000 (non-Jewish) Poles, fascist virus. The moving forces were neonazi tury synagogues in the Jewish Quar- 23,000 Roma, 15,000 Soviet prisoners Germany’s postwar governments were not so hon- groups whose banners bore slogans ter of Kazimierz remain intact. Jews were of war, and around 25,000 political ourable, reinstituting Hitler’s ban on the KPD and soft- such as “Europe will be white” and The nazis intended to make Krakow prisoners from different national and pedalling denazification. “Pray for Islamic holocaust.” a German city. They flattened Warsaw, exterminated, ethnic groups. The vast majority of The announcement that German federal prosecutors Sections of the marchers chanted but left Krakow alone, having isolated these were slaughtered too or died are to launch a study of the postwar influence of former “Jew-free Poland.” Their counterparts and then removed the Jews to a ghetto close to a from hunger and maltreatment. nazis on their office smacks of too little and too late. in the neighbouring Czech Republic, over the river and a slave labour camp. We wanted the participants to know While the German Democratic Republic, based on and in Hungary and Austria are gain- On an excellent guided walk through million of how Europe’s largest Jewish commu- the Soviet occupation zone, was rigorous in rooting out ing increasing influence. Krakow we saw remnants of the ghetto nities lived before the Holocaust as nazi military officers, prison staff, police, teachers, Two of my grandparents were wall that the nazis had deliberately them in well as understanding the processes civil servants and others, the federal republic was half- Polish-born Jews who had emigrated erected to imitate the shape of Jewish Auschwitz led to their deaths. hearted at best and still had war criminals in high mili- in the early 1900s. Other Jewish par- tombstones. I described how Poland’s over- tary command into the 1960s and ’70s. ticipants on the trip, though, included In Krakow today, a pluralistic, out- alone ” whelmingly working-class Jewish The Allied victory in the second world war stopped descendants of Holocaust victims and ward-looking Jewish community, made community suffered official economic fascism in its tracks, but, as long as there are those, es- survivors. up of descendants of survivors and discrimination as well as persecution pecially in positions of power, who believe that scape- One was Lorna, whose mother and young Poles unearthing and embrac- by the far right through the 1930s and goating entire national, racial or religious groups can grandmother experienced “selection” ing their part-Jewish heritage, is how they formed trade unions to cam- bring political or material gain, the poisonous weed at Birkenau. Lorna’s mother lied about gradually renewing itself. The same paign for their rights and fought back will regenerate. her age and was selected for slave is happening in more than a dozen physically and ideologically against When, today, we pay tribute to the victims of the labour. Her grandmother, then in her other Polish cities. Polish fascists. Holocaust and those who fought to end it, we must forties, was placed in the other line. Poland had Europe’s largest Jewish These struggles were led by the rededicate ourselves to the unfinished struggle to de- At breakfast on the last day of the community before the war. Its 3.3 mil- Bund, a mass Jewish socialist move- feat racism, anti-semitism and Islamophobia. trip, one participant told me that his lion Jews comprised 10 per cent of the ment that co-operated closely with the great-grandfather had been in Ausch- entire Polish population. left wing of the Polish Socialist Party. Morning Star Saturday/Sunday January 27-28 2018 FEATURES 13 ring the f Auschwitz

CHILLING: The railway line that brought people to the selection point at Birkenau and (above) containers of Zyklon B gas used in the mass-killing

The processes that led to extermina- anti-semitic conspiracy theories and 40,000 remained. But, when the nazis should be wary of engaging in a kind particularly long line stretches to Oslo. tion at Auschwitz began in nazi Ger- Holocaust denial propaganda which came, with all their firepower to liq- of “oppression Olympics,” but posi- A few hundred Norwegian Jews were many several years before and were are flooding the internet. uidate the ghetto, they were held back tively look for overlaps and continui- rounded up and deported by the nazis, already gaining strength in Poland, And we talked about different forms for three weeks by a united resistance ties in our experiences in ways that 46 of them transported to Denmark Romania and Hungary well before the of resistance — cultural, spiritual and movement comprising 220 fighters, can strengthen our work against all on a German boat called Monte Rosa, nazi takeover. physical — in ghettoes, by partisans, aged 13 to 40, led by Bundists, com- forms of racism and oppression. then herded on to a train to Auschwitz. Through talks, walks, museum vis- even in the death camps. munists and left-zionists, using smug- Articulating the story of slave In 1945 the British captured the its and discussions, we unravelled In Auschwitz a plaque commemo- gled and improvised weapons. labour during the Holocaust might be Monte Rosa and renamed it. Three these processes of stereotyping, label- rates four women who worked as slave This was my third visit to Ausch- a way of productively linking African years after the war, it docked in the ling, marginalisation, discrimination, labourers in a nazi munitions factory witz. Each time I gain new insights. and Jewish victims of slavery, with Caribbean to collect army servicemen exclusion and dehumanisation, as well who smuggled gunpowder to the This time I understood more about the an estimated 30 million people world- on leave. The British Nationality Act as desensitisation of the perpetrators. Sonderkommando — prisoners forced role of Auschwitz as a distribution wide who are victims of slavery today. 1948 had just been passed and all peo- As we did so, you could hear the to deal with the bodies after the mass centre for slave labourers, like Lorna’s The nazis envisioned a white ple living in Commonwealth countries past and present colliding — the strik- gassings. mother, alongside the killing machine. supremacist world where “lesser were granted the right to settle in ing parallels with the Islamophobia, In October 1944 Sonderkommando Holocaust Memorial Day has come races” were wiped out or enslaved. Britain. racial profiling and anti-refugee sen- members blew up one of the cremato- under close scrutiny from those who Their followers still yearn for that A newspaper advert offered cheap timent we know today. riums at Auschwitz to slow down the feared it would focus exclusively on today. transport on this ship for anybody who I sensed that shared recognition too death factory. Jewish suffering. There were other In contrast, we must recognise the wanted to come and work in Britain. when I described people who risked Just a few days ago, Arkady Vay- victims and there have been other links that bind us across ethnic and The Monte Rosa had been renamed their lives to help persecuted Jews but spapir died in Kiev, Ukraine, the last genocides. cultural divides, build maximum unity the Empire Windrush. It arrived in were so outnumbered by bystanders. survivor of 300 escapees from Sobibor In practice, though, it has incorpo- between all minorities targeted by Tilbury with 492 Jamaican immi- I stressed the importance of turning death camp after they organised a rated the stories of the nazis’ other racism and eugenicism and grasp grants who have contributed enor- today’s bystanders into “upstanders.” revolt there in October 1943. victims and more recent genocides, every opportunity to strengthen and mously to Britain’s multicultural soci- We acknowledged continuities as I described the Warsaw Ghetto, in Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. celebrate our multicultural society. ety. well as parallels, such as anti-Roma which housed nearly 400,000 Jews and A deeper critique applies the term One link feels especially moving. racism and increasing anti-semitism. several hundred Roma in 1.3 square “Holocaust” to the many millions of In the museum at Auschwitz 1 camp n David Rosenberg is on the national I was reassured to hear participants miles. African victims of the transatlantic a map shows the many ghettoes, tran- committee of the Jewish Socialists’ from diverse backgrounds perceive By April 1943, most had been slave trade and argues that they should sit camps and prisons from which Jews Group (www.jewishsocialist.org. and condemn the current growth in deported to the death camps. Perhaps be commemorated on this day too. We were transported to Auschwitz. One uk, www.uaf.org.uk) Morning Star 14 FEATURES Saturday/Sunday January 27-28 2018

The Quizmaster with William Sitwell 4 days COMMIE CHEF 1. Which legendary Greek hero owned a plough Test your left that was pulled by a donkey and an ox? FIGHTING general Chickpea and 2. On a Scrabble board, what colour are the knowledge ‘Double Word Score’ squares? with our daily quiz – and see 3. Which element is represented by the symbol Na? FUND if you can beat The potato curry Answers on Monday… Quizmaster… ON’T be put off by That’s the only expensive the long list of ingredient in what overall is ■ Yesterday’s answers ingredients and if an economical meal. you really can’t The quantities given here YOU’VE RAISED affordD coconut oil, just use are quite large, but the curry 1. The poles of Belisha beacons are WE STILL NEED some decent vegetable oil will freeze well or keep for painted in which two colours? instead. a couple of days in the fridge. Black and white (right) 2. True or false: a rinkhals is a £16,191 £1,809 Ingredients type of cobra. True 3. Which UK government I AM very happy to report memory of Ivan — many thanks. ■ 3 level tablespoons boiled until just cooked department owns the most £724.50 coming into William From east London we have coconut oil ■ 1 leek, trimmed, halved land? The Ministry of Rust House yesterday to send £20 from a friend who remem- ■ Defence us off into the weekend with- bers Ivan as “a good socialist” 1 large onion, chopped and sliced out too many worries. from when he was his Nalgo ■ 3 cloves garlic cloves, ■ 2 standard cans Obviously there’s still the con- branch secretary. crushed or grated chickpeas, drained or cern that the Orange Blob might That’s joined by two more ■ tbsp curry powder 250g dried chickpeas Pic: James Gray/Creative slap his tiny hand down on his donations from London, one ■ level tsp cinnamon soaked at least 12 hours Commons red button (it’s a big one, from Warrington and one from ■ level tsp nutmeg and boiled until soft don’t’cha know?), or that our Sussex Communist Party for ■ heaped tsp smoked (about 1hr-1hr 15 mins) own Establishment will do some- another £120 in his memory. paprika ■ standard can crushed thing careless like start a war He’d be well chuff ed, as he ■ level tsp cumin tomatoes with Russia — they seem to be would be with the £25 from our ■ ■ trying — or that runaway climate dearest Red Nut at Carshalton heaped tsp dried thyme 1 pint/600ml water or Sudoku Intermediate change will see us all drown. Beeches. Seven more individu- ■ 450g/1lb potatoes, stock But, erm, fewer worries with al donations come up to chopped into bite-sized ■ salt to taste regards to our Fighting Fund. £261.50, with every penny very pieces and steamed or Naturally I must put on my Ivan gratefully received. Beavis mask and warn you that Standing orders and recurring at this rate we’re only just go- payments add in £178, and they ing to make the target by the are a vital source of dependable What to do end of the month, but don’t income for us, at whatever Heat coconut oil in a large and leeks with a couple of let that detract from the warm amount you can manage. heavy-bottomed pan over tablespoons of the stock or and fuzzy feelings the follow- And fi nally comes £20 from ing roll of honour gives you. one comrade who sends the medium-high heat. water and cook for a further Friends in Pulborough, who message: “The truth prevails Add the onions, garlic, all two minutes, stirring. helped out our dear departed so it is only a matter of time the spices and the thyme. Now add the chickpeas, Fighting Fund organiser on before this lot is kicked out.” Fry for three minutes. tomatoes and the rest of the conference stalls, send £100 in Well done all, have a great one. Add the boiled potatoes stock or water. Bring to the boil, lower the heat and You can give by… simmer 15 minutes. POST Payable to PPFF to: Fighting Fund, Taste and adjust 52 Beachy Road, London E3 2NS salt accordingly — most but not all PHONE From 10am-5pm on (020) 8510-0815 curry powder con- tains salt. ONLINE At morningstaronline.co.uk/support Serve with brown or white rice and/or naan, chapati or WEEKEND WEATHER other Indian bread. Partly cloudy max 10°C Solution on Monday… ABERDEEN Sat Sun Cloudy max 7°C BIRMINGHAM Sat Light rain max 10°C Crossword 1,223 set by Alamet Sun Overcast max 12°C CARDIFF Sat Heavy rain max 11°C ACROSS DOWN Sun Cloudy max 12°C 1. Meat and drink I leave for 1, 2. Girl with man entering EDINBURGH Sat Cloudy max 11°C Spain to tear into (8) continent (4,4) Sun Light rain max 11°C 5. Afraid of being wounded, 3. Collect a small volume with heart being cut out (6) regret (6) GLASGOW Sat Light rain max 11°C 9. Home space rebuilt, is that 4. 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REPORT Important wins for activists seeking to end outsourcing JOE HAYNS reports on the IWGB battle to bring services at London colleges in-house

HEY don’t know we’re comes in, it gets worse” as “every coming, so not much THE STRUGGLE time [they] try to push wages down security — don’t put CONTINUES: or cut hours down. this on social media. IWGB pickets at “I’ve been with four different com- “We’re going to the the Royal panies,” he said. “Royal CollegeT of Music, where cleaners College of Pic: Giulia Gavotti RCM management “wants to save are being sacked if they don’t accept Music a few quid on the cleaning bill, so half hours. They’ve supported us.” they had a new contractor, Tenon FM, This was said to a coach leaving reduce the cleaners’ hours,” Moyers- the IWGB University of London (UoL) Lee said. branch’s Senate House picket on Tenon FM have told cleaners they Thursday night. can either accept new contracts, with UoL workers have been campaign- hours reduced by 50 per cent, or be ing for all staff to be brought in-house dismissed. since September. Security offi cers and “The contractor has told us that receptionists struck on Thursday, with this comes from the college,” Moyers- UoL cleaners joining the 6pm rally. Lee added. Unison’s Soas and Birkbeck Barzallo says that trade unionists branches, the National Shop Stewards are being victimised, saying: “They Network, UVW and Lesbians and pretend to see problems in our clean- Gays support the Migrants were at ing.” the rally. And changed hours “mean I can’t “Outsourced workers at UoL are work my other job.” ‘overwhelmingly’ migrants,” says an He added: “They can come and say: IWGB offi cer. ‘That’s not clean’ and can fi re you in IWGB general secretary Jason an hour.” Moyers-Lee says management are “on Barzallo says both tactics suppress the edge of cliff. A couple more actions trade union activity, but “Trade will push them over a precipice. union, that’s the only way we can get “They’ve started to ‘review’ out- respects and human dignity.” sourcing, there is a huge paper trail With all of us potentially trespass- to show it’s nothing to do with us. ing on RCM property, the police “The only reason they’re doing this arrived and cleared the room. is because they know we’ll keep going for Workers won its four-year-long saw the chance to end subcontracting the two people guarding the RCM IWGB has all but chalked up at until all workers there are brought demand for direct employment. at the University of London. doors — the grand building directly UoL, but what’s next at the RCM? in-house.” IWGB security offi cers co-ordi- Moyers-Lee says he is “extremely opposite the Royal Albert Hall — and “We’ve got the February 1 protest Security offi cers, members of nated strikes with UVW cleaners in confi dent” of a win at UoL, as IWGB a coachload of supporters fi lled the outside RCM at 6.30 pm,” says Moy- IWGB, struck fi rst over pay last May. The joint demonstration of organised busing of pickets across college’s entrance hall. ers-Lee. March. Then, UVW cleaners won marching between pickets through west London in support of the Royal “I’ve been cleaning here for six “But management needs to be on improved terms and conditions and central London, stopped traffi c. College of Music (RCM) cleaners’ years,” IWGB member Cristobal Bar- watch all the time so long as they’re were brought in-house at LSE last It had the effect of LSE then Soas campaign. zallo told me. screwing with our members,” he June. Two months later, Soas Justice staff being brought in-house — IWGB The pickets went unopposed past “Every time a new outsourcing warned.

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Wednesday away, workers note that middle-class worthies Film Thelma and Louise, 9pm Sony come and go, but change nothing. Wednesday Saturday Movie channel Classic disaff ected buddy road movie. The New Builds Are Coming: Battle The Diary of Anne Frank, 1.30pm in the Countryside, 9pm BBC2 BBC2 The relentless drive to build inappropriate Top silver screen conversion of the book. Documentary housing expands into the countryside. Sunday Saturday Thursday The Wolf of Wall Street, 9pm Film4 Grand Tours of Scotland’s Lochs, NHS Winter Crisis: What’s the Truth? Manages the impressive trick of making you hate everyone involved but still enjoy the gaudy 8.45pm BBC2 7.30pm ITV Tonight talks to staff , experts and patients on spectacle of it all. With Leonardo di Caprio. Disappointingly it’s not Paul Merton, but Paul what’s happening and what can be done. Tuesday Murton who’s doing the trail talk. Equilibrium, 9pm Syfy Sunday Christian Bale stars in his most overblown project Machines, 10pm BBC4 Entertainment Profi le of conditions at an Indian textile factory. In to date. Portentous, pretentious and unintention- Tuesday ally hilarious with some great action scenes. an echo of Ethel Singleton in Behind the Rent Strike, three decades apart and thousands of miles Britain’s Favourite Walks: Top 100, 7.30pm ITV Sunday SUNDAY: Posh Pawn, 7pm Channel 4 With Julia Bradbury and Ore Odube. Chris Packham: In Search of the What The whole point of Cash in the Attic is that someone might Lost Girl, 9pm BBC2 suddenly fi nd themselves far richer. Why on Earth would you Drama A combination of Packham’s trademark to miss want to watch the same show but with rich people hawking bluntness when it comes to human impact on stuff that you already know is worth a wedge? Baffl ing. Wednesday the natural world and a fascinating human THURSDAY: Death Row 2018 with Trevor McDonald, 9pm C4 Kiri, 9pm C4 story. The environmentalist tracks down the Another contribution to the glut of voyeuristic rubbernecking. Final episode, and the truth of what happened to subject of a photo he shot 20 years prior. Kiri becomes clear. Morning Star 16 CULTURE Saturday/Sunday January 27-28 2018

PREVIEW ALBUM REVIEW Arts ahead Red and dead good with it Red or Dead Emma and Dave Sunerton-Burl lions before it ends with the sim- Star critics cherry-pick some of the Trotsky’s Waltz on cajon and bass. ple refrain aimed at this govern- best on off er in the weeks to come (redordeadwebs.com) This may not be the music of a ment: “Why don’t you just fuck ★★★★✩ new genre but it is hard to resist. off?” Opener I Am On Fire is great and Stand-out track Never Again is ★ CHICHESTER EXHIBITION certainly lives up to its title, allow- a reminder of the long line from Leonard Rosoman: IF EVER a band wears its burn- ing the listener to choose who they Wat Tyler, leader of the 1381 Peas- Painting Theatre ing-bright heart on its sleeve, it’s want to be. “I am the voice you ants’ Revolt, right up to Jimmy Pallant House Gallery Red or Dead — their name alone won’t answer, I am words you will Reid who “had the right idea, the North Pallant is a clear statement of intent and not speak,” while Steel Town workers should never live in fear” February 3-April 29 belief. articulates the fears of industrial and they’ve articulated a genuine In 1965, the London On Trotsky’s Waltz, there’s an communities not just today but anthem for 2018 with its fi erce production of John honest passion and insight embed- over decades. “God don’t walk on chorus “never forgive, never for- Osborne’s play A Patriot For Me about the 19th ded in their folky-punk songs these streets, perhaps it’s to his get, never yield and never relent.” century gay spy Alfred Redl was denied a public which chime with the times. And shame, they took the work from With 13 songs over 45 minutes, licence for performance. The scene that most there’s a North Walian campfi re and mandolin is supported by Gala honest men while you looked the this is a glorious musical call to excited the censor was the Drag Ball, in which authenticity to artists who believe Elvira, whose harmonies and other way.” arms that resonates across the age members of the upper echelons of Viennese society every bit of what they sing. Siouxsie-like vocals contrast with The rousing, beat-driven A New gap. appear in drag. But painter Leonard Rosoman Rob Murray on vocals, guitar the excellent rhythm team of Day articulates the voice of mil- BOB ORAM (1913-2012) found the play’s exploration of gay life such a transformative experience that he created drawings, on show in this exhibition, which capture a moment in time when attitudes towards sexual- OBITUARY ity and censorship were on the cusp of change. pallant.org.uk

★ LEEDS/TOURING OPERA Madama Butterfl y Leeds Grand Theatre He spoke for his kind Until February 16 French soprano Anne Sophie The Fall’s Mark E Smith was the voice of the northern Duprels takes the role of Cio-Cio-San working-class culture that inspired him, says DAVID WILKINSON in Opera North’s production of Puccini’s opera, a perennial audience- ARK E SMITH, the only constant from the glossy, dynamic marketing version guage has a long working-class history. It’s pleaser. Madama Butterfl y tells the story of a young member of post-punk band The that has dominated since the 1990s. It’s grimy, an implicit challenge to the pressure of speak- Japanese woman who sacrifi ces everything to Fall, who has died aged 60 after seedy and supernatural, populated by city ing “properly” and settling into the drudgery marry Pinkerton, the dashing US naval offi cer. a year of ill health, co-founded hobgoblins, psychics living above hairdress- of your expected role. But, cruelly discarded when he returns to America, the band in Prestwich, north ing salons on the Bury New Road and slimy Nor does it conclude in childhood. Instead Butterfl y is driven to a fi nal and dramatic act of Manchester,M in 1976 amid the initial stirrings creatures in dockland warehouses. Somehow, it becomes the preserve of pub fantasists and despair in an opera which features some of Puc- of British punk. though, it’s uncannily familiar. workplace folklore, as Smith so brilliantly cini’s most famous music including Un bel dì and Though the band soon evolved beyond Infl uenced by the “weird fi ction” of HP captures on Fantastic Life, in which a 54-year- the Humming Chorus. Tours to Salford, Nottingham punk’s musical template, its DIY outsider Lovecraft and Arthur Machen, Smith was old dustbin man claims to have participated and Newcastle after Leeds performances. spirit remained central to Smith’s ethos. fascinated by what he called “the horror of in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. operanorth.co.uk Reading through the mass of writing on the normal” — that threshold between the Smith once wryly called The Fall “music The Fall, it quickly becomes clear what an mundane and the magical. His genius was for those who don’t want it” but, over time, ★ MANCHESTER THEATRE enigma Smith presented to those who hoped his ability to pull this off without ever seem- the band’s generally positive critical standing Black Men Walking to pin him down. There is no disputing his ing pretentious. Smith’s words were laced with came to be mirrored in an ever-growing and Royal Exchange Theatre unique voice, but Smith was no mystery. So a twisted humour that did not undermine their dedicated fan following. St Ann’s Square much of his seemingly otherworldly vision sharply observed force or their dreamlike This sustained them making music until Until February 3 was born of the northern working-class cul- qualities. Smith’s death. Their career saw the band try ture that produced him. In The North Will Rise Again, a regional everything once with little regard for prevail- “We walk. Though we Consider the pantheon of Mancunian music rebellion culminates in a razed Arndale Cen- ing fashions, secure in the knowledge that are written into the legends. Very few these days still frequent the tre and marauding crowds “with bees on “50,000 Fall fans can’t be wrong,” as their landscape you don’t local pubs they’ve always haunted. Fewer still sticks.” Factory Records impresario Tony 2004 hits compilation declared in a cheeky see us. We walked Eng- live where they grew up or walk around the Wilson establishes a secret base in Edinburgh allusion to Elvis. land before the English.” Thus Thomas, Matthew city observing goings-on with their belongings from which to direct proceedings. Mean- It seems that Smith succeeded more and Richard, who walk the fi rst Saturday of every in a supermarket carrier bag, as Smith did while, Smith’s amphetamine-fuelled than he sometimes acknowledged month. Walking and talking, but, out in the Peaks, right up until the end. The video to The Fall’s alter ego Roman Totale lurks in giving a voice to his peers, they fi nd themselves forced to walk backwards 1987 cover of R Dean Taylor’s There’s A Ghost underground, his body “a capturing a part of Manchester through 2,000 years before they can move for- In My House is set in Smith’s regular watering tentacle mess.” and the north that goes wards ... This story by Testament is part of Rev- hole The Woodthorpe, for example. Even these kinds of beyond the usual cliches. olution Mix, a movement that is delivering the It’s unlikely too that any other cult band freakish fantasies have As he presciently largest ever number of new black British stories has ever embarked on a tour of northern work- their roots in the world observed on 1979’s Psy- nationally and it’s inspired by the Black Men’s ing men’s clubs, as The Fall did in 1980. from which Smith kick Dance Hall: “When Walking Group. It promises to be a compelling According to its sleeve notes, live LP Totale’s came. The writer I am dead and gone / my and constantly surprising new show that turns a Turns was “recorded in front of an 1980s Steve Hanson once vibrations will live on / spotlight onto Britain’s missing histories. disco-weekend mating audience.” told me that his Lan- in vibes on vinyl royalexchange.co.uk This apparent jibe is good-natured, it should cashire high school through the years / peo- be said. One of Smith’s most important lega- classroom was “full of ple will dance to my ★ NEWCASTLE PHOTOGRAPHY cies was his determination to speak for his little Mark E Smiths” waves.” Looking for Lenin kind. Though educated at Stand Grammar evolving their own Side Gallery School, Smith was not part of the rarefi ed, bizarre slang and tall ■ This article fi rst Until March 25 art school-infl uenced culture of his post-punk tales. appeared in The Conver- peers. This collective sation, theconversation. By the end of 2016, none Instead, he embodied a much older tradition propensity to com of the 5,500 statues of of the working-class autodidact, voraciously daydream and Lenin throughout and eclectically well read in everything from experiment Ukraine was still stand- spy thrillers to existentialist philosophy. As with lan- ing. To explore the he once claimed, “There were no groups meaning of this “decommunisation,” photographer around that I thought represented people like Niels Ackermann and the journalist Sebastien me or my mates. If I wanted to be anything, Gobert travelled through the country in search of it was a voice for those people … The Fall had crumbled stone and fragments of metal. What began to appeal to someone who was into cheap soul as a simple journey of curiosity became “an aston- as much as someone who liked avant-garde. ishing adventure through Ukraine in upheaval” in I even wanted the Gary Glitter fans.” a country where Lenin’s name“ still weighs heavily Yet Smith never opted for a “tell it like it on the present and future of Ukraine.” So have the is” kitchen-sink realism. Fall co-founder Mar- antics of the US-backed nazi clique currently in tin Bramah described the band’s songs as power in Kiev — wonder if they get a look in. “Coronation Street on acid.” amber-online.com The Manchester that emerges is a far cry Morning Star Saturday/Sunday January 27-28 2018 CULTURE 17

EXHIBITION REVIEW A timeless weaver of defiance, retribution and wit The celebration of universal human values in the tapestries of Hannah Ryggen speak

from local barks, lichens, plants and Not all is doom and gloom. Defiance, raised by their subjects. to us across the decades, says even human urine. retribution or wit underlie the narra- That the tapestries still affect us She used colour and form expres- tives. We and Our Animals, 1934 and remain relevant despite our lack CHRISTINE LINDEY sively, with enlarged hands gesturing (below), bursts with gay colour as of specific knowledge of many of the like mime artists in arrested motion. picture-book farmyard animals min- people and events of the time depicted Hannah Ryggen: anti-communist atomic arms race and Death of Dreams, 1936 (top), prompted gle with the family at their meal. is because the underlying messages Woven Histories the US devastation of Vietnam. by the nazi’s imprisonment of the Ger- Grini (1945) depicts Ryggen’s hus- of resistance, solidarity and principled Modern Art Oxford Others shared Ryggen’s Marxist man pacifist Carl von Ossietzky, con- band at his easel in the nazi prison opposition to cruelty, celebrate uni- belief in artistic social responsibility, trasts the purity of the pallid and camp where he was incarcerated. versal human values. but she was unusual in coupling it with hollow-eyed prisoners’ heads and Yet all is hopeful golds, creams, But the tapestries also act as trib- ECAUSE she dared to her strong belief in the importance hands with the sinister, ox-blood ugli- crimsons and pinks and their daugh- utes to political martyrs and warn- challenge the entrenched of manual labour. Posing the question: ness of those of their torturers. The ter’s apparition, riding a farm horse ings, condemnations and calls to resist categorisation of “high” “What should people use their hands sombre mood is indicated by the comforts him. He gets his revenge on the bigotry, racism and fascist oppres- and “low” art, the artist for?” she replied: “For doing good.” dominant greys and browns. the nazis, who forced him paint their sion which sadly continue to plague B Hannah Ryggen (1894- Woven directly, and without pre- References to medieval art’s ico- portraits, by painting a skull and cross our planet. 1970) is little known out- paratory drawings, her tapestries nography and sequential events wid- bones instead. The helpful wall texts and captions side Scandinavia. evolved intuitively like paintings. ened Ryggen’s narratives, allowing Ryggen evaded the self-righteous- at Modern Art Oxford give refresh- By marrying the folk craft of weav- Informed by modernist styles, they for layered meanings to topical sub- ness and rigid didacticism which ingly unprejudiced and clear accounts ing with the sociopolitical content of were also conditioned by the craft’s jects. The ironically titled Freedom plagued some political art by of the persons and events portrayed, history painting — the pinnacle of the own discipline. The horizontals and (1941) depicts the executed trade approaching major issues with so deepening our understanding of the high art hierarchy — she so con- verticals of warp and weft underpin unionist Rolf Wicktsrom and the com- humour, poetic fantasy and heartfelt works. founded critical assumptions that she the compositions and the geometric munist lawyer Viggo Hansteen as warmth. She kept a link with the And the exhibition is free, which I was easily ignored. patterns — shapes are simplified, spa- religious martyrs, dressed in loose grounded folk tapestries and manual feel sure would have pleased Ryggen. Born in the Swedish city of Malmo tial illusion is shallow and figures face medieval robes. One, in raw rose and labour of her working class heritage, Highly recommended. to a cook and ex-sailor/labourer, frontally. reds, has Christ-like stigmata on his while modernist aesthetics freed her Ryggen never lost her working-class Ryggen’s refusal to use commercial hands and feet, while the other to communicate emotions and ideas n Hannah Ryggen: Woven Histories consciousness. Aged 19, she became yarns dictated her limited palette. She appears as a pale angel displaying expressively so that our initial runs until February 18 at Modern a school teacher and it was then that carded and spun her own wool from their two heads on a platter to signify responses are visceral but then deep- Art Oxford, opening times: a friend, the school cleaner, intro- local sheep and made her own dyes their martyrdom. ened by the political and moral issues modernartoxford.org.uk duced her to the pleasures of the folk art of weaving. At the same time, Ryggen studied art at night school where she learned academic princi- ples and techniques. In 1922, in a life-changing study trip to Dresden in Germany, she encoun- tered current politicised aesthetic debates and met her future husband, Norwegian artist Hans Ryggen. They married in 1924 and moved to his remote Norwegian smallholding near Trondheim where they worked as artists and survived as subsistence farmers. But, as an active Communist, Ryggen remained well informed about world events. “Even as a child I was a red revolutionary,” she remarked. She fully mastered the craft of weaving by 1933 and she put it at the service of peace and social justice until she died. Her tapestries con- demned the insecurities and hardships of the Great Depression, the oppres- sion and cruelties of Mussolini’s, Franco’s and Hitler’s fascism, Nato’s Morning Star 18 LETTERS Saturday/Sunday January 27-28 2018

WAR GRAHAM STEVENSON explores our online archive of the Daily Worker 80 YEARS AGO TODAY... We can’t compare Wealth and power monopolise Soviets lead the way by making TV available for all Russia’s role in Syria Britain, then and now THE Daily Worker of sets were being made and THE Daily Worker of January 27 1938 ■ January 28 1938 praised broadcasts had began, although ■reported on Tory MP Captain Alec television as an invention “made these were stopped during the Cunningham-Reid suing his wife, to claim a available to all” in the Soviet nazi invasion for fear that to US-Nato ventures share in her £90,000-a-year income — 600 times Union. transmitters could be used as an the average wage back then and translating in Only accessible to the upper enemy beacon. RE THE quote (M Star Janu- planned and engineered by the today’s terms to £17 million a year. Despite the class in Britain, the Soviets had Regular national public ary 23) by Stop the War’s Lind- US with all the ruthlessness litigation, the MP testifi ed in the witness-box found a useful purpose “free of programming would begin on sey German: “In fact, Russia’s of the decimation of Iraq, “that he was still in love with his wife.” charge for the benefi t of all,” by March 9 1938, with news, arms spending is far less than Libya and Afghanistan. An MP on and off from 1922 to 1945, he enabling relatives of patients in documentary fi lms and enter- that of the US, let alone Nato. Also, never forget US gen- never reached great heights. But his life on isolation hospitals to have more tainment on Moscow’s Channel “It is intervening in Syria eral Wesley Clark’s revelation the French Riviera was most agreeable, than a worried 1. Leningrad’s — something which I oppose that a Pentagon pal told him, despite “heavy gambling losses at the casino.” glance through Channel 5 was — but so is Britain, the US, and just after 9-11, of a plan to In the ’20s, he had been worried about the an observation launched on Turkey, to name only three “take out” seven countries in political direction of Britain, placing his panel. Citizens July 7 the Nato members.” fi ve years: “beginning with investments in US securities. In 1929, after could now see same year. The To lump Russia with the Iraq, then Syria, Lebanon, the Wall Street crash, the situation had and talk to world’s fi rst other countries is misleading Libya, Iran, Somalia and become “very menacing.” children with 625-line and factually wrong. Sudan.” His wife now apparently regretted giving scarlet fever via television Russia was invited by the Russia is not attached in any him fi nancial independence when the marriage what we might standard was Syrian government, as an ally way to the US-Nato Machiavel- fi rst took place and she was a 20-year old ward call CCTV. designed in the with a long-time base in Syria, lian, genocidal ventures. in chancery. Her sister, Lady Edwina Mountbat- Before antibiotics, isolation was Soviet Union in 1944 and colour to assist in repelling an insur- FELICITY ARBUTHNOT ten, had set the provision for the husband, who the standard procedure but a TV from 1960. To expand TV gency long planned by the US. London E9 had set up companies to “avoid taxation” but the distressing one for patients and service to the far east of the Britain, the US and Turkey, MP claimed he had reached an out of court their families. So, the system of country, the USSR established a whether on Syria’s ground, in private agreement. The couple, once known as telephony linked to mirror-tele- satellite network in 1965. air or sea space, are there “the wealthiest woman and the most handsome vision, invented by a Soviet entirely illegally. of men in Britain” would divorce in 1940. doctor called Velmin, certainly You can The plan to overthrow Pres- In the end, another deal emerged, leaving improved recovery times. Soviet read editions of ident Assad was fi ne-tuned by Cunningham-Reid smiling but with much less television had been under the Daily Worker William Roebuck, director for than what he had sought. The Daily Worker development since 1925, with a (1930-45) the offi ce of the State Depart- was scathing about the “intimate personal degree of resolution not repli- and ment’s bureau of near-Eastern Star (200 0-today)Morning connections between bankers, industrialists, cated in the West until 1931, by , online at affairs, in an end-of-year strat- politicians, royalty, landlords and the Civil which time the fi rst test trans- mstar.link/DWMSarchive egy for Syria in December Have your say – send a letter Service … who monopolise wealth and power missions had begun in the USSR. Ten days’ access costs 2006, from his study in the US (of up to 300 words) to in Britain today.” Three years later the fi rst TV embassy in Damascus. [email protected] just £5.99 and a There was no mass “popular or by post to 52 Beachy year is £72 uprising.” Syria’s plight was Road, London E3 2NS e Th BE IN IT

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POLITICS BREXIT There’s no An insightful delve into the neoliberal- free world hidden world of ’70s Britain outside EU I RECOMMEND the book That extension of public ownership a “national coalition” govern- spending. I tell you in all can- Option No Longer Exists: Brit- of industries and services, ment to be headed by Lord dour that option no longer I APPLAUD Doug Nichol- ain 1974-76 by John Medhurst, industrial democracy and eco- Mountbatten, backed by offi c- exists and in so far as it ever ls’s analysis of neoliberal- a sometime contributor to the nomic planning. ers (strangely) loyal to the did exist, it only worked on ism (M Star January 16) Morning Star. And how the Establishment Queen Mother. each occasion since the war by and can appreciate the It presents a “hidden his- and the secret state fought back The book title comes from injecting a bigger dose of infl a- association he makes tory” of Britain in the 1970s to re-establish the rule of money former Labour prime minister tion into the economy, followed between neoliberalism and where the ruling elites were and the markets, paving the way James Callaghan’s speech to by a higher level of unemploy- the EU’s direction of policy challenged at every level by for Margaret Thatcher’s takeo- the 1976 Labour Party Confer- ment as the next step.” over the last few decades. cultural experimentation, sex- ver of the Conservative Party ence in which he formally Callaghan could equally But I do feel it is most ual liberation and industrial and then government. debunked Keynesianism (the have been saying that the important to be clear that militancy, and especially by a There were persistent magic money tree theory of the option of a parliamentary road there is no neoliberalism- Labour left aiming to effect “a rumours and evidence of pri- time) stating: “We used to think to socialism “no longer exists,” free-paradise outside the fundamental and irreversible vate paramilitary armies, pro- that you could spend your way “if it did ever exist.” Perhaps EU. Indeed, it has surely shift in the balance of wealth vocative and unauthorised out of a recession, and increase he was. been quite the reverse for and power in favour of working movements of military hard- employment by cutting taxes ANDREW NORTHALL decades, with the global people,” backed by a massive ware and personnel, calls for and boosting government Kettering SPEECH: James Callaghan economic institutions, dominated by corporate interests, enforcing PAY neoliberal policies of deregulation and privatisa- tion on countries across the ‘Overpaid world to the detriment of workers’ rights and NHS staff ’ is environmental protections, in many cases destroying democracy and creating a the bosses disaster for the environment CAN I assure Francis Prideaux and the whole population. (M Star letters January 19) that It seems to me that now when I wrote of “overpaid is not the time to revisit the admin staff” in the NHS I was “in or out” of EU debate referring to those at the very but to spread an under- highest levels who get six-fi g- standing of the global ure salaries, even if their hos- economic forces at work as pital is in special measures. the Labour Party seeks to They come to meetings I present an alternative to attend and try to pull the wool neoliberal economics that over people’s eyes with their is truly for the people. boring Powerpoint presenta- CYNTHIA DERELI tions. Burscough, Lancs TIM MICKLEBURGH Grimsby RAIL EDITORIAL

TORIES Succinct We can’t let synopsis them fool of railways YET again, the Star Comment on our railways us again (January 2) is a succinct synopsis of the problems BRIAN TOPPING (Letters besetting this industry. January 5) is right that the The rail unions would resurrection of Thatcher- would do well to produce ism will not appeal to a the content as a handout to younger generation in need Billy B the travelling public. of decent housing, well-paid Further, I believe the jobs, peace and protection Star should consider of the environment. BAYEUX producing an annual Thatcher was able to publication containing a sugar the pill of her selection of Star Comment neoliberal policies with Anglo-Saxon England was hardly the columns, which I am sure bribes such as the selling off would sell well. of cheap council houses and DAVE PETERS the giving out of shares in Rubery, Birmingham newly privatised industries. democratic utopia that’s imagined These bungs (as well as having disastrous long- I MUST take issue with Profes- sia and only provided a rubber Although this view may source well worth seeing. It is Yesterday’s term consequences) had sor Ian McNay’s letter (M Star stamp for decisions made by have been held by a number of an intricate work of embroi- Sudoku solution the effect of blinding Jan 24) on the Bayeux Tapestry. the king. leading parliamentarians, as dery; approximately 70 metres many people to the real Since at least the 17th cen- The basis of feudalism well as some Levellers, it was in length and fi fty centimetres nature of her policies. tury there has been a myth already existed as did the not one based on any historical tall that depicts the story of However, the cupboard is propagated that Anglo-Saxon institution of slavery. evidence. The parliamentari- the conquest to a largely now bare and we are left England — sometimes The concept known as the ans of the English civil war illiterate audience. with the bare bones of a referred to as the Heptarchy, Norman Yoke had its origins may have been a revolutionary I for one remember see- system which enriches a based around seven semi- in the English civil war. force in their time but they did ing it on a school trip to small elite at the expense of autonomous regions — was The Norman Yoke myth was not have the benefi t of histori- France at some point dur- the many. Hopefully people some kind of utopia. fi rst publicised in a work of cal materialism, which Marx- ing the 1980s and I recom- will not get fooled again. It is true that a there was a fi ction, the Mirror of Justices, ists use as a guide to historical mend that if you get the BILL MARTYN parliament, known as the which claimed to have been events, not 400-year-old myths. chance to go and see it. Sunderland Witan, it had little more power written in the 14th century and Meanwhile the Bayeux Tap- BRENT CUTLER than the Duma in tsarist Rus- started to appear around 1642. estry is a primary historical Southampton Morning Star 20 GOING OUT Saturday/Sunday January 27-28 2018

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RACING: YOUR GUIDE TO THIS WEEKEND’S ACTION Wakanda can do it at Doncaster today Our tipster casts his expert eye over the pick of the weekend’s meets

OME fantastic racing rain — in fact, connections will on offer today and positively be praying for more RACING Farringdon’s Wakanda can land the of the wet stuff. doubles nap for us in the fea- The selection was never TIPS ture betting race of really going in the King with SATURDAY theS day, the Handicap Chase George VI Chase at Kempton at Doncaster due off at 3.15. on Boxing Day, but this is more Farringdon WAKANDA Last year over the course his cup of tea and even though Doncaster 3:15 (nap) and distance in the Grimthorpe he is a short price he is entitled HELVETIAN Chase, the Sue Smith charge to be against the likes of Tea handicap chase at 1.50 in which Kempton Park 7:15 finished third to the classy for Two and American. Shantou Flyer can step up on Definitly Red off a handicap The last named also revels his fourth in the race last year. SUNDAY mark of 150. in the mud, while of the outsid- That day he raced off a mark JUST DON’T ASK The nine-year-old now finds ers Singlefarmpayment could of 156, but is a full 3lvs lower Fontwell 2:00 (nap) himself running off a 5lbs outrun his current odds of this time around and won’t lower mark here and comes to around 25/1. mind any further rain that is REDMOND the race off a cracking second The Cleeve Hurdle at 3.35 strongly predicted in the fore- Fontwell 3:30 in the Rowland Meyrick Chase looks a cracking renewal and cast from around 11am. at Wetherby. Finian’s Oscar can emerge tri- The Ballymore Classic Nov- IN WITH A SHOUT: Wakanda in 2015 Houseman’s The selection gets the vote umphant on his return to hurdles ices Hurdle at 3.00 looks very over Vibrato Valtat and his last after disappointing during his competitive and, if course and dotted up in his maiden hurdle looks set to go to Intrepidly at choice time out conqueror Must- brief novice chase campaign. distance winner Tikkanbar last time out to the tune of a fair price with Ryan Moore meetalady. This will be the first time he can sort out his jumping prob- seven lengths and looks sure on board. SATURDAY The main festival clues will has run over three miles, but lems, he could go close to com- to be suited by this extra half- The evening card comes BRISTOL DE MAI be at Cheltenham on Trials day he won a point to point over pleting the hat-trick. mile on this stiffer track. from Kempton Park and off top Cheltenham 2:25 and with no Coneygree in the that distance and gets a confi- But in receipt of 5lbs from On the all-weather front, weight Helvetian has solid Cotswold Chase at 2.25 Bristol dent vote over the likes of Rel- him, the Nicky Henderson- Aquarium should get us off to claims in the 7.15. However, at SUNDAY De Mai should be very hard to keel winner Wholestone and trained Pacific De Baune a good start in the opener at a much bigger price have a CAMRON DE CHAILLAC beat. The Worlds End. could be the one to side with. Lingfield Park at 1.25, while second look at the Gary Sedgefield 3:40 The Lancashire Chase win- Earlier on there is a very Highly regarded by his later on the feature Handicap Moore-trained Gossiping in ner won’t mind any further competitive two-and-a-half-mile yard, the selection absolutely over a mile-and-a-half at 3.10 the seven-furlong event at 7.45.

GYMNASTICS: SExUAL ABUSE Senators want answers on why athletes were abused

by Our Sports Desk these questions,” Shaheen said, adding gymnast for 15 years, fought back tears that Congress would be putting other as she confronted him. young athletes at risk “without institu- “Larry, how many of us are there? Do US SENATORS are calling for an inves- tional accountability” if they don’t inves- you even know?” she asked. “You preyed tigation into the country’s Olympic Com- tigate the Olympic Committee and its on me, on us. You saw a way to take advan- mittee and USA Gymnastics after former member organisations. tage of your position, the almighty and sports doctor Larry Nassar was sentenced Those victims — 156 of them appeared trusted gymnastics doctor. Shame on you, to 175 years in prison for molesting ath- in the courtroom — gave powerful testi- Larry. Shame on you.” letes in his care. mony in court to ensure that Nasser was Olympic gold medallist Aly Raisman Democrat Jeanne Shaheen is urging a brought to justice. initially said she wouldn’t attend the hear- special committee to look into how Dr Nasser Gymnast Rachael Denhollander was ing because it would be too traumatic, but was given unsupervised access to the gym- among the first victims in September 2016 the 23-year-old later showed up in court nasts, allowing him to sexually abuse more to publicly accuse Nassar of molesting and spoke directly to Nassar. than 150 women and girls over 25 years. her and the last to speak at his sentencing “You have not taken gymnastics away Her request was announced on Thurs- hearing. from me. I love this sport and that love day and backed by senators from across She said she went to him at 15 suffering is stronger than the evil that resides in the chamber as the House of Represent- from back pain and was sexually assaulted you, in those who enabled you to hurt atives prepares to take up a Senate Bill for a year under the guise of medical many people,” she said. intended to prevent abuse of athletes. treatment. During her statement she at And 15-year-old Emma Ann Miller said Set for a vote on Monday, it would times spoke directly to Nassar. MSU was still billing her mother for require amateur sports groups recognised “You have become a man ruled by self- medical appointments in which Nassar by the US Olympic Committee to promptly ish and perverted desires, a man defined molested her as recently as August 2016, report claims of sexual abuse to police. by his daily choices over and over again a week before he was fired. In sentencing Nassar to 40 to 175 years to feed that selfishness and perversion. In her statement to the court, Miller in prison, Judge Rosemarie Aquilina called You chose to pursue your wickedness no directly addressed the university. for “a massive investigation as to why there matter what it cost others.” “I, like all those that have spoken, didn’t was inaction, why there was silence.” She also lashed out at those in authority choose this circumstance to have the right Shaheen echoed that question in calling at USA Gymnastics and Michigan State to be standing in front of this podium for a special Senate committee. University, where Nassar also worked. today. Nassar made that choice for us, BRAVE: Aly Raisman confronts Larry Nassar in court last week Nassar’s victims “deserve answers to Clasina Syrovy, who competed as a your 20-year child-molesting employee.” Morning Star 22 SPORT Saturday/Sunday January 27-28 2018

MEN’S FOOTBALL TO ME, TO YOU: Ren and G play a spot of rugger yesterday Hibs’ Lennon after they were unveiled as the offi cial mascots for next year’s Rugby won’t rule World Cup in Japan himself out of Scotland job by Our Sports Desk Strachan before it ultimately ended in failure. “I’m not speaking from a NEIL LENNON admitted yes- personal point of view, but it’s terday it is “fl attering” to be a great job,” he said. linked to the vacant Scotland “I’ve said it before, but manager’s job. they should have kept Gordon Michael O’Neill was heav- on and there is progress ily touted to be the next boss being made. at Hampden but pulled out of “They targeted Michael the running following talks and that has not come to fru- with the Scottish Football ition, but I’m sure there will Association. be plenty of other contenders Brendan Rodgers has sug- for the job. It is a good job gested the SFA should be and there is no question of looking to Hibernian man- that.” ager Lennon, who won three Regardless of any interest league titles as Celtic boss in the Scotland job, Lennon where he’d spent seven years will take his side to Celtic as a player, as a potential suc- Park today without Anthony cessor to Gordon Strachan Stokes, whose future at the and Lennon did not rule him- club remains uncertain. self out of the running. Lennon ruled the striker, “I thought he was my who has been linked with a friend,” the Northern Irish- move away following off-fi eld man jokingly said of Rodg- disciplinary issues, out of the ers’s comments. Celtic match while admitting “If an approach comes, and Danny Swanson could also it’s a huge if, then we will leave, with St Johnstone keen deal with it accordingly, but on taking him on loan. until then there’s no further “We brought him in to comment. come and play,” Lennon said “It’s very fl attering from of Swanson. “He has not con- someone of Brendan’s stature tributed anywhere near in the game and I appreciate enough due to unforeseen MEN’S CRICKET: AUSTRALIA ODI TOUR the sentiment, but I am the circumstances, but he wants Hibs manager.” to make his mark here. The job remains an attrac- “There is an opportunity tive one in the eyes of Lennon for him to go and play else- after an improved World Cup where and that’s down to qualifying campaign under Danny and we won’t force it.” Morgan: we’ve got

WINTER OLYMPICS: BOBSLEIGH Sliders’ governing body to stay aggressive won’t let qualifi ed team England’s whitewash dream collapsed, but they’re not out by Our Sports Desk positive mindset, but it’s a bal- about 9am, 10am this morn- marked his recall with a cru- compete in Pyeongchang ancing act,” he said after Aus- ing,” he said. cial 96. tralia chased down 197 with “With some rain around and “It was nice to get over the SLIDING Sports Australia is worth remembering the EOIN MORGAN is demanding three wickets and 13 overs in moisture in the air, we pre- line in the end but a pretty refusing to send a bobsleigh women have only just com- England’s batsmen maintain hand. dicted it might move around ordinary batting display team to Pyeongchang despite pleted their fi rst full season of their aggressive outlook despite “We still want to take the but not for as long is it did. really,” he said. it meeting international selec- competition,” Di Piazza told a dramatic misfi re against Aus- game forward. I’d rather prob- “Australia bowled really “Apart from Heady, who tion criteria and having the Australian Association Press. tralia in Adelaide yesterday. ably be 40 for two than 20 for well, took advantage of condi- played really well, the rest of support of the Australian “At a time when other sport- Having sewn up the series none. We just need to get bet- tions and really were relent- us probably need to have a Olympic Committee. ing administrations are devel- 3-0 in Sydney, the fourth one- ter at playing that way.” less with traditional line and good, hard look at ourselves, The Olympics is “no place oping concussion protocols and day international saw England Morgan’s scratchy 33 made length. They gave us literally start scoring some more runs for inexperienced athletes,” other procedures to protect return to the scene of their him the only member of the nothing. and helping this team win the SSA said yesterday, citing their athletes, an Olympic 2015 World Cup defeat by top six to contribute at all, with “I thought they bowled some games.” safety concerns and Breanna track is no place for inexperi- Bangladesh — the wake-up three singles from Alex Hales really, really well and the ball It was left to Woakes to look Walker and Ashleigh Werner’s enced athletes who have not call that inspired a compre- alongside four ducks. He paid moved around. That rarely on the bright side, having done failure to meet AOC-approved met the minimal physical hensive overhaul of the coun- tribute to Australia’s strike happens in a one-day interna- more than most to make a performance criteria. standards required to test try’s 50-over cricket. bowlers. tional for so long.: potential humiliation com- SSA acting chief executive their mettle.” This time they lost their Pat Cummins turned in a Home captain Steve Smith petitive. Adriana Di Piazza, a former Australia was one of only 12 fi rst fi ve wickets for just eight career-best of four for 24, with declined to get into the party “When you lose wickets at Olympic bobsleigher, pointed countries given a two-woman runs, a collapse on Australia Josh Hazlewood taking three mood on a night that ended the top you’re always going to out that the pair had yet to get bobsleigh slot at Pyeongchang, Day and one from which they for 39 in a fi erce new-ball with a riverside fi rework show struggle to post a decent total. International Bobsleigh Fed- but its position will be reallo- never fully recovered, despite examination. in honour of the country’s Considering that, we put a eration permission to compete cated if no team is nominated. Chris Woakes’s face-saving 78. The pair maximised helpful national day. score on the board and had a in a top-tier world cup race. The AOC said it believes But Morgan (right), whose early conditions after unex- Instead he focused on a decent crack at them,” he said. “We are very proud of the there is a “strong case for the side will be hoping to fi nish on pected early morning showers nervy chase which briefl y “The way we went about the skill development and per- inclusion of a women’s bob- a high in Perth tomorrow, and Morgan wore the look of threatened to bring England fi elding and bowling display formances of our women’s sleigh team on developmental insists there is no going back. a man who rued losing the toss. back into the game, exempting was superb. We got close, just bobsleigh squad [but] it’s grounds.” “We don’t want to lose our “The forecast changed only Travis Head, who not close enough.” Morning Star Saturday/Sunday January 27-28 2018 SPORT 23

WINTER OLYMPICS Winter Games team ‘will make history once again’ Hay says he’s sending Britain’s most-talented-ever squad to Pyeongchang by Our Sports Desk Lizzy Yarnold led the way SMILE: Great in Sochi, winning gold in the Britain’s women’s skeleton. Jenny Jones GREAT BRITAIN will send its Kathryn won snowboard bronze and the most talented squad yet to the Thomson, men’s and women’s curling Winter Olympics, one that can Charlotte teams claimed silver and “make history once again,” Gilmartin, bronze respectively. chef de mission Mike Hay Joshua The Sochi medal tally could claimed yesterday. Cheetham, yet rise if the men’s bobsleigh Team GB will have 59 ath- Farrell Treacy team receive a retrospective letes competing in South and Elise bronze as a result of ongoing Korea, the largest squad the Christie at hearings into Russian doping. British Olympic Association Heathrow The Pyeongchang line-up has sent to a Winter Games. yesterday was completed on Thursday UK Sport has set a target of following the selection of 25 at least fi ve medals, which fi rst group of Team GB ath- including fi ve snowboarders in “Given results over the last skiers and snowboarders, would surpass the previous letes leaving Heathrow Air- debut event “big air,” now have two years at elite level, there which takes the total of men best haul of four medals port yesterday for a fl ight to the ability to deliver podium is potential for success across to 34 and women to 25. achieved in Chamonix in 1924 the Games, which run from fi nishes across the board. a broader range of sports than Three-time world champion and in Sochi four years ago. February 9 to 25. “Not only is this the largest ever before and I am confi dent Christie apart, the team have Short-track speed-skater Hay believes the squad, team we have ever taken to a that, with this group of ath- further medal prospects in Elise Christie is a leading which will see Team GB com- Winter Olympics but I feel it is letes, we can make history curling, skiing, snowboarding, medal hope and was among the pete in 11 of the 15 disciplines, also the most talented,” said Hay. once again.” skeleton and bobsleigh.

BASKETBALL

Students TENNIS: Hun- gary’s Timea subject Babos and France’s Kris- tina Mladen- b-ball team ovic kiss their trophy after to racism defeating Rus- sia’s Ekaterina STUDENTS from a Makarova and predominantly white US Elena Vesnina school subjected a visiting in the women’s boys’ basketball team to doubles fi nal at racist chanting, faculty the Australian offi cials revealed yesterday. Open yesterday The chants and slogans at the January 19 game at Spencer High School, north-west Iowa, included some fans yelling that the Storm Lake players should “go back where you came from.” Other students TENNIS: AUSTRALIAN OPEN chanted: “USA.” The school superintend- ents say the Storm Lake district has 2,400 students, Aptly bumpy roads for both fi nalists 84 per cent of whom are non-white. The Spencer by Our Sports Desk three match points against Lau- aggression to her game and insisted she never lost faith, district has 1,900 students ren Davis in the third round, her bravery at the biggest saying: “I always believed in and is predominantly white. winning the deciding set 15-13, moments was what ultimately myself. I had a tough period Spencer Superintendent IT IS appropriate that neither before surviving two more won her the match against where I had a few injuries. Terry Hemann told The Caroline Wozniacki nor match points in an extraordi- Kerber. “But once I got past that, I Des Moines Register that Simona Halep’s path to the nary fi nal set against Angel- She said: “I feel more expe- knew that if I can stay healthy administrators have Australian Open fi nal has been ique Kerber in the semi-fi nals. rienced. Also stronger men- and I work hard, my game is disciplined the Spencer smooth, for their journey to a Wozniacki, meanwhile, trailed tally. And the way I play, it’s good enough for it. I was just students involved. potential fi rst grand slam title Jana Fett 1-5 and 15-40 in her different. I feel I’m more giving myself time. I want to has been anything but. second-round match before win- aggressive. I did 50 winners be the best and that’s why I’m Today’s fi nal is the fi rst time ning six games in a row. [against Kerber]. Eight aces. still playing.” in the Open era that both fi nal- Halep has certainly come a I hope to keep this also on Sat- Roger Federer eased into ists have saved match points long way from the player who urday.” the men’s fi nal yesterday after during the tournament, while was briefl y dumped by coach Halep and Wozniacki share Chung Hyeon retired with Halep is the fi rst woman to Darren Cahill last spring the dubious distinction of hav- severe blisters trailing 6-1 5-2 have done so in multiple because of her poor on-court ing held the number one rank- in their semi-fi nal. matches and reached the tro- attitude. ing without winning a grand He’ll take on Marin Cilic, phy decider. The Romanian fought to slam title. who comfortable beat Kyle The world number one has reach her second French Open Should Wozniacki win, she Edmund on Thursday. had the look of a woman who fi nal last summer and looked would reclaim the number one And 17-year-old Scot Aidan OUR SPORTS EDITOR LETSwill not settle for anything poised to win the title only for ranking exactly six years since McHugh’s hopes of winning SIMMONDS less than silverware ever Jelena Ostapenko to blast her losing it, which would set a new his fi rst grand slam title were RIP IN since arriving in Melbourne. way to the title. record for the longest gap. dashed by Chun Hsin Tseng. SPEAKS EVERY She twisted her ankle in her Halep’s reaction to the dis- The 27-year-old Dane, twice The sixth-seed Chinese beat WEDNESDAY fi rst-round match, then saved appointment was to add more a losing fi nalist at the US Open, him 6-3 5-7 6-4. 24 Morning Star Saturday/Sunday January 27-28 2018 Sport TENNIS: SOUTH AFRICA Weekend Sport on TV 8Saturday BOWLS: World Indoor Champion- MINISTER BOYCOTTS ships — BBC One 2.30pm. CRICKET: South Africa v India, third Test — Sky Sports Cricket 7.55am and Sky Sports Main Event 1pm; Big Bash League, Brisbane Heat v Mel- bourne Renegades — BT Sport 2 5am; ICC Under-19s World Cup — Sky Sports Cricket 9.25pm; Women’s Big Bash, Melbourne Stars v Hobart Hur- ricanes — BT Sport 2 1.15am. ‘APARTHEID’ ISRAEL CYCLING: Six Day Berlin — Eurosport 2 8.15pm. DARTS: The Masters — ITV4 7pm. FOOTBALL: FA Cup fourth round, Peterborough v Leicester — BT Sport Nxesi refuses to attend Davis Cup tie in solidarity with Palestine 2 12pm; Middlesbrough v Brighton — eir Sport 1 2.50pm; Newport v by Our Sports Desk from the practices of the Israeli Tottenham — BT Sport 2 5pm; Liver- regime,” Nxesi added. pool v West Brom — BT Sport 2 7pm; Nonetheless, Tennis South Africa Serie A, Chievo v Juventus — BT GOING FOR GLORY Sport 1 7.30pm. SOUTH AFRICAN Sports Minister confirmed the tie would go ahead. GOLF: European Tour, Omega Dubai Thulas Nxesi says he will boycott It said in a statement: “The Inter- Desert Classic — Sky Sports Main a forthcoming Davis Cup tie national Tennis Federation believes Event, Sky Sports Golf 8.30am; PGA against Israel in solidarity with that sport should be used as a uni- Tour, Farmers Insurance Open — Sky Palestinians suffering under fying element between athletes and Sports Golf 7pm and Sky Sports Main Event (7.30pm). “apartheid.” nations. HORSE RACING: From Cheltenham The February 2-3 tennis match “The ITF flagship competitions, — ITV4 1.30pm. near Pretoria has sparked outrage Davis Cup and Fed Cup, were MOTORSPORT: Monte Carlo Rally — in South Africa, where many com- founded on the idea of fostering BT Sport 1 12pm. RUGBY UNION: pare the Israeli treatment of the greater understanding among Top 14, Toulon v Bordeaux — Sky Sports Action Palestinians to that of black South nations through tennis, a principle 1.40pm; Castres v Racing 92 — Sky Africans under white racist rule. that is as valid today as it was over Sports Action 7.40pm; HSBC Wom- Nxesi said he “would actually 100 years ago.” en’s World Rugby Sevens — Sky have loved to attend the Davis Cup Education and health union Sports Main Event 7am, 12am & but, given the concerns that activ- Nehawu welcomed Nxesi’s decision. 3.25am (Sun) and Sky Sports Action 7am, 9.50pm & 3.25am (Sun). ists and fellow South Africans are It pointed out that the 1974 Davis TENNIS: Australian Open — raising,” he did not think it would Cup final was cancelled after India Eurosport 1 8am & 11am. be “proper” to attend. refused to travel to South Africa His statement was released yes- in protest against apartheid. 8Sunday terday in response to a letter from “The Indian tennis players and BASKETBALL: NBA, Chicago Bulls v Boycott Divestment Sanctions all other sports people who boy- Milwaukee Bucks — BT Sport 2 South Africa, South African Jews cotted apartheid South Africa in 8.30pm; Oklahoma City Thunder v for a Free Palestine and other the ’70s and ’80s were true inter- Philadelphia 76ers — BT Sport 2 groups. nationalists who contributed to our 11pm. Nxesi recalled the role that inter- struggle against apartheid,” the BOWLS: World Indoor Champion- national solidarity and boycott had union said in a statement. ships — BBC Two 2.30pm. CRICKET: Fifth ODI, Australia v Eng- played in South Africa’s own lib- “Likewise we are proud that Min- land — BT Sport 1 3am; South Africa eration from apartheid. ister Nxesi, our South African gov- v India, third Test — Sky Sports “Indeed, one of the most well- ernment and our people are con- Cricket 9.15am; International T20, known slogans came out of that tributing to the struggle of the New Zealand v Pakistan — Sky context — ‘no normal sport with an Palestinian people.” Sports Cricket 5.55am; ICC Under-19s World Cup — Sky Sports Cricket abnormal regime’,” he said. The Nehawu secretariat remem- 9.25pm. He pointed out that South Afri- bered the military training and other DARTS: The Masters — ITV4 12.45pm ca’s Human Sciences Research resources Palestinians contributed Sophie & 7pm and eir Sport 1 12.45pm. CYCLING: FOOTBALL: produced a report in 2009 detailing to the fight against apartheid. Capewell of Team FA Cup fourth round, Israeli apartheid in the occupied “They were our friends then and Chelsea v Newcastle — BT Sport 2 Terminator (right) on 1pm; Cardiff v Manchester City — territories, adding that he himself they remain our friends even now,” her way to winning her BBC One 3.35pm and eir Sport 1 had suffered Israeli discrimination it said. 1st round heat of the 3.50pm; Scottish Premiership, Ross when denied entry to Palestine in “Israel supplied weapons to the Women’s Sprint against County v Rangers — Sky Sports Main 2012. apartheid regime to kill our people, Amelia Coombes of VC Event 1.30pm; La Liga, Sevilla v “This call for BDS is increas- they were our enemy then and they Getafe — Sky Sports Main Event Londres, during day 5.30pm; Barcelona v Alaves — Sky ingly supported by progressive remain our enemy now.” one of the UK National Sports Main Event 7.40pm; Bundes- Jewish Israelis who remind us of The union urged members and Track Championships in liga, Bayer Leverkusen v FSV Mainz our own icon Joe Slovo, who, while the public to attend a protest out- Manchester. 05 — BT Sport 1 2.15pm; Hannover he was Jewish, dissociated himself side the match on Saturday. 96 v VfL Wolfsburg — BT Sport 1 5pm; Ligue 1, Marseille v Monaco — BT Sport 1 2945; Bordeaux v Lyon — BT Sport 2 4pm. GOLF: European Tour, Omega Dubai MEN’S FOOTBALL: SANCHEZ Desert Classic — Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Golf 8.30am; PGA Tour, Farmers Insurance Open — Sky Sports Golf 6pm & 9.45pm. GRIDIRON: NFL, Pro Bowl — Sky Wenger takes the blame for missed drugs test Sports Action 7.30pm and Sky Sports Main Event 12am (Mon). by Our Sports Desk routine doping test on Monday. side, it would still be our Sanchez. You have to do paper- it’s no worry for me that he has MOTORSPORT: Monte Carlo Rally — Sanchez was putting the responsibility because he had work and travel." any doping problem.” BT Sport 2 11am. RUGBY UNION: final touches on his move to not moved. Preparing for Tuesday’s Players or clubs who violate HSBC Sevens World Series — Sky Sports Main Event, Sky ARSENE WENGER admitted United, which saw Henrikh “The most important is the Premier League trip to Swan- the whereabouts regulations Sports Action 6am. yesterday that Arsenal are Mkhitaryan join Arsenal in an intentions are right. The inten- sea, Wenger claimed Sanchez three times in 12 months are TENNIS: Australian Open — at fault for Alexis Sanchez exchange deal, when an initial tion of Alexis was certainly not was tested many times during in breach of the ruling. Eurosport 1 5am & 8am. reportedly missing a drugs report from Spain highlighted to hide. Nor was our intention his four-and-a-half year stay test as he completed his the error. to hide anything. We have at Ashburton Grove. Published by the People’s Press MSTAR 2018-01-27 SAT 1.2 move to Manchester United, Sanchez was still registered nothing to hide.” “I think it is a special event Printing Society Ltd, William Rust but he said both the player an Arsenal player when the Wenger added: “I pushed for him to miss a drugs test House, 52 Beachy Road, Bow, 0 4 London E3 2NS. Telephone: (020) and club have “nothing to apparent infraction occurred always for football to do more because he was somewhere 8510-0815. Fax: (020) 8986-5694. hide.” and Wenger conceded the club against doping, so I don't see else,” he said. Email: enquiries@peoples-press. Reports surfaced on Thurs- must take responsibility for why we should not co-operate. “I’m quite relaxed because we com. Registered with Companies House as Morning Star (in- day evening that the Chile for- the issue. We try our best, but this was have nothing to hide here, we corporating the Daily Worker) No ward had fallen foul of the FA “It is just a bad day for him a special day. On Monday, always try our best to co-operate N5559. Printed by trade union “whereabouts” rule by alleg- to be tested,” he said. “Hon- there was a lot going on, it is with doping control. He has been labour at Trinity Mirror. edly not being present for a estly, on the administration a special day for Alexis tested so many times here that Saturday/Sunday January 27-28 2018 9 770307 175367