Steve Sweeney

Steve Sweeney writes for Morning Star, the socialist daily newspaper published in Great Britain. He is also a People's Assembly National Committee member, patron of the Peace in Kurdistan campaign, and a proud trade unionist. Steve Sweeney escribe para Morning Star, el diario socialista publicado en Gran Bretaña. También es miembro del Comité Nacional de la Asamblea Popular, patrocinador de la campaña Paz en Kurdistán y un orgulloso sindicalista.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Steve Sweeney

News

Indian communists launch emergency appeal after anti-Muslim pogroms
March 2, 2020 By Steve Sweeney
The Solidarity Relief Committee will ensure that relief work “is not communalized and is secular in its reach,” aiming to provide assistance to all regardless of religious beliefs, the CPI-M said.
Read more
World

Canada says Palestine not a state, ICC can’t investigate Israeli war crimes
February 27, 2020 By Steve Sweeney
The Trudeau government dangled its $10.6 million financial contribution to the court as a reminder.
Read more
Environment

Sustainable farming keeps Cuba’s rivers clean, says joint U.S.-Cuban study
February 10, 2020 By Steve Sweeney
Its rivers contained much lower levels of dissolved nitrogen—an indicator of fertilizer use—than the Mississippi River Basin in the U.S.
Read more
Politics

General strike in Gaza, protests rage against Trump’s ‘deal of the century’
January 30, 2020 By Steve Sweeney
Gaza came to a virtual standstill with government and financial institutions closed, while schools and universities suspended classes.
Read more
World

Iraqi Communists say their country should not be battleground for U.S.-Iran war
January 10, 2020 By Steve Sweeney
The Iraqi Communist Party said it stood “firmly against turning our homeland into an arena to settle accounts and implement tit-for-tat revenge operations.”
Read more
World

“The toiling people are rising”: Up to 250 million strike in India
January 8, 2020 By Steve Sweeney
Unions are angered over Narendra Modi's government’s neoliberal program, which includes the privatization of public services and worsening the conditions of workers.
Read more
World

Iraqi prime minister: Trump used diplomatic cover to lure Soleimani to his death
January 7, 2020 By Steve Sweeney
Adil Abdul-Mahdi told the Iraqi parliament Sunday that Soleimani entered the country with a response to a Saudi Arabian proposal to de-escalate tensions in the region.
Read more
World

Imperialist no more? Corbyn’s foreign policy would transform Britain’s global role
December 9, 2019 By Steve Sweeney
Another world is possible—a foreign policy based on solidarity and cooperation as laid out by Labour, or one based on war, profit, and destruction offered by the Tories.
Read more