Theatre Review Un-American activities | Morning Star
WEB6 days ago · Both confuse truth with myth, trade loyalty with wholesale betrayal, and systematically trash all nobler aspirations of the American dream. The play is built around two real-life protagonists: iconic theatre and film director Elia Kazan and playwright Arthur Miller — both of whom fell foul of the House Committee on Un-American Activities ...
Hundreds of activists demand release of political prisoners and …
WEB5 days ago · HUNDREDS of activists held a silent protest outside Southwark Crown Court today to demand the release of political prisoners and the removal of paid lobbyist and “extremism adviser” Lord Walney. Activists from groups including Just Stop Oil (JSO), Palestine Action and Extinction Rebellion ...
UN Chief slams deeply divided Security Council | Morning Star
WEB6 days ago · UN Chief slams deeply divided Security Council. UNITED Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres has vented his frustration at the security council’s failure to end wars in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan and beyond. Addressing the 15-member council on Wednesday, he said: “Peace demands action. And peace demands leadership.
Theatre review While the others suffered | Morning Star
WEB6 days ago · The big themes, of the apparent futility of existence, of cynicism and cruelty, are all here, but they’re woven into the warp and weft of humour and friendship. The pairing of Lucian Msamati as Estragon and Ben Wishaw as Vladimir is sublime. The precision of their comic timing is meticulous, and deceptively natural.
New York mayor Adam's indicted on federal charges | Morning Star
WEB6 days ago · NEW York Mayor Eric Adams was indicted today on federal charges of accepting bribes and illegal campaign contributions from foreign sources. In the indicment, the US attorney’s office in Manhattan alleges that Mr Adams, a Democrat, “compounded his gains” from the illegal contributions by gambling with the city’s matching funds …
Islamophobic cyber hack hits rail stations | Morning Star
WEB6 days ago · A CYBER hack on the public wifi of Britain’s most popular rail stations replaced the landing page for commuters accessing the internet with an Islamophobic message on Wednesday. Manchester Piccadilly, Birmingham New Street, Edinburgh Waverley, Glasgow Central and 10 stations in London were among those affected by the incident, which …
Demands grow for RSCPA to drop food certification scheme
WEB5 days ago · SIXTY animal protection organisations called on the RSPCA today to drop its food certification scheme. Almost 4,000 farms are certified through the animal welfare charity’s Assured label, which is meant to indicate that meat, fish, eggs and dairy foods have been produced to high standards.
Remains of South African freedom fighters returned home
WEB6 days ago · THE remains of 42 South African freedom fighters who died while exiled in Zimbabwe and Zambia during the struggle against the racist apartheid regime have been brought home. They were received by government officials and family members at Waterkloof air force base in the capital Pretoria on Wednesday after being exhumed for …
Russia's Putin sets out new nuclear doctrine | Morning Star
WEB6 days ago · Russian President Vladimir Putin (centre) speaks at the Security Council meeting on nuclear deterrence at the Kremlin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, September 25, 2024. CHANGES to the Russian nuclear doctrine are intended to discourage Ukraine’s Western allies from supporting attacks on Russia, the Kremlin said today.
Exhibition review An inspired enemy of all bourgeois scruple
WEB6 days ago · EXHIBITIONS, films, documentaries and numerous articles have perpetuated the view that Vincent Van Gogh (1853-90) was an impassioned but mentally unstable genius. The first of these was the French Symbolist writer Albert Aurier’s 1890 article which praised Van Gogh’s work but called him: “An inspired enemy of all bourgeois sobriety …