What Darkest Hour doesn’t tell you about Winston Churchill

The man voted ‘greatest ever Briton’ was a vile racist, imperialist and eugenics enthusiast, writes in Morning Star Online CALLUM ALEXANDER SCOTT Last Friday the latest Winston Churchill film, Darkest Hour, opened in British cinemas. It is already being tipped for the Oscars, with Gary Oldman’s portrayal of Churchill at… Continue reading

Es soll weiter gehen

  Ein Mantra hat die designierte schwarz-rote Koalition schon: “Das ist ein Aufbruch”, insistierte CSU-Chef Horst Seehofer gleich mehrfach am Freitagvormittag nach Abschluss der Sondierungsgespräche, und dass es “so viele Beschlüsse” gäbe, die diesen Aufbruch untermauerten. Der SPD-Vorsitzende Martin Schulz versprach einen “Aufbruch für Europa” und Angela Merkel, die einen… Continue reading

The Russian Revolution: An inspiration Then and Now

WHY should media, so apparently divided on key political issues, be united in viewing the October 1917 revolution in Russia as not worth celebrating? Most reasons advanced boil down to a combination of secret police, state repression, lack of individual rights, an absence of democracy and mass bloodshed. No state… Continue reading

Catalan Chiefs to face charge of Sedition

SPAIN’S chief prosecutor Jose Manuel Maza made clear yesterday that he intends to place charges of rebellion, sedition and embezzlement against members of Catalonia’s ousted government, which has been seeking independence for the region. The rebellion, sedition and embezzlement charges carry maximum sentences of 30, 15 and six years in… Continue reading