After years hidden away, Oldham’s memorial to six local volunteers who died fighting fascism in the Spanish civil war has been restored to public view, marking both a victory for campaigners and a renewed tribute to the town’s proud International Brigade heritage, says ROB HARGREAVES
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In 2025, we must confront a dystopian right fighting for unchecked corporate power
Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO says the status quo cannot last – but those currently poised to replace it would usher in a nightmarish new era
Musk’s political agenda is more sharply defined than Trump’s
While pretending to seek peace, Europe is heading toward a collision course with Russia – using security guarantees, troop deployments, expropriation and censorship as tools, writes SEVIM DAGDELEN
Alba party leader KENNY MacASKILL makes some suggestions on how to save our pubs and reduce irresponsible drinking
The catastrophe unfolding in Gaza – where Palestinians are freezing to death in tents – is not a natural disaster but a calculated outcome of Israel’s ongoing blockade, aid restrictions and continued violence, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
Opinion polls point to electoral collapse, parliamentary rebellion and a looming leadership challenge as Starmer’s Labour haemorrhages working-class support and the far right exploits the vacuum left by a hollowed-out party, says NICK WRIGHT
The long-term effects of chemical weapons such as Agent Orange mean that the impact of war lasts well beyond a ceasefire
AS WE enter 2025, the exhaustion of liberal centrism across the West is clearer than ever.
The return of Donald Trump to the White House. The recent collapse of the governments of France and Germany.
Britain’s own experience — a Labour government resting on fewer votes than it won in opposition, beset by corruption scandals and political pratfalls in its first few months, already trailing the recently wiped out Tories in the polls.
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