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

World

UN says world leaders must act: More than 80 million people displaced in ‘bleak milestone’
December 11, 2020 By Steve Sweeney
The coronavirus pandemic, war, violence, and persecution continue to force people to flee from their homes, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) report said. It called for action from world leaders to address the crisis.
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World

South Africa’s Communists condemn possible release of Chris Hani’s assassin
November 12, 2020 By Steve Sweeney
Hani's murder, coming just as apartheid was ending, was intended to spark a racial civil war in South Africa.
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World

Turkey accused of shipping jihadist mercenaries into Azerbaijan-Armenia war
October 29, 2020 By Steve Sweeney
Affiliated to al-Qaida, fighters of the Turkistan Islamic Party seek to establish a caliphate called East Turkestan to replace China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Now, Turkey has apparently shipped them into the middle of the Armenia-Azerbaijan war.
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World

Details emerge of new right-wing coup plot in Bolivia ahead of election
October 13, 2020 By Steve Sweeney
They overthrew Morales, and now with the MAS set to win the next election, the extreme right is preparing a new coup.
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In Turkey, unions and women’s organizations call for defense of women’s rights
September 1, 2020 By Steve Sweeney
Activists have called for an organized defense of women’s rights in Turkey, where at least 15 women have been murdered in the last 10 days.
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World

Murders of women rising in Turkey; government does nothing
August 21, 2020 By Steve Sweeney
Four women were arrested Thursday during a protest against the state's alleged involvement in Kurdish teenager's death.
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World

Rival Belorussian protests take place in Minsk as EU ponders new sanctions
August 17, 2020 By Steve Sweeney
“It is clear that if they win, the country will face bloody chaos and landslide degradation,” a statement from the party central committee said.
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U.S. using Kurds to steal Syria’s oil
August 4, 2020 By Steve Sweeney
The move, which has been portrayed as a necessity by Kurdish officials, has been widely criticized as evidence of support for the U.S. regime-change agenda in Syria.
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