The NEU kept children and teachers safe during the pandemic, yet we are disgracefully slandered by the politicians who have truly failed our children by not funding a proper education recovery programme — here’s what is needed, explains KEVIN COURTNEY
After election defeat, we need to build the Morning Star as the voice of the socialist left
The last four-and-a-half years show a media owned and controlled by ordinary people is more important than ever, writes BEN CHACKO as we mark our 90th anniversary
Six year old Daisy Cook from the Whitefield area of Manchester hands out copies of The Morning Star newspaper during a march through Manchester City Centre by public sector workers in 2011
The appalling bigotry and bias of London’s police force has been obvious for years – and the police leadership does not appear inclined to do anything about it, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
As Holyrood elections approach, BRIAN LEISHMAN MP argues that Labour’s time has come — to open a new chapter which puts an end to the years of managed decline
ASSAF TALGAM talks to an Israeli Communist lawmaker about the need to use every tool of democratic and non-violent struggle; how Israeli society has changed since October 7 2023; and the persecution of the left in the parliamentary arena
Apart from a bright spark of hope in the victory of the Gaza motion, this year’s conference lacked vision and purpose — we need to urgently reconnect Labour with its roots rather than weakly aping the flag-waving right, argues KIM JOHNSON MP
In the face of funding cuts, closures and a shift into women’s centres providing criminal justice-only services rather than a holistic approach, RUTH HUNT urges women to protect existing resources, volunteer and build new networks of support
THE Morning Star’s Christmas party took place on Friday December 13 — less than 24 hours after the exit poll that dashed hopes built over four-and-a-half years of dogged campaigning.
If the mood in the office that day had been glum, our paper’s ambassador Maxine Peake struck a chord when she reminded us of the words of Tony Benn: “Toughen up, bloody toughen up.” On the British left we are more used to defeat than victory.
Champions of the social and economic status quo known (increasingly inaccurately) as “centrism” were quick to insist that the result was a foregone conclusion, that radical socialist politics was never going to wash in Britain.
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