With speculation growing about a Labour leadership contest in 2026, only a decisive break with the current direction – on the economy, foreign policy and migrants – can avert disaster and offer a credible alternative, writes DIANE ABBOTT
Behind the headlines – what can we learn from the EHRC report into Labour anti-semitism?
Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO says the media and Labour leadership have a selective attitude to the facts
MP Margaret Hodge prepares to address a Jewish Labour Movement press conference following publication of the EHRC report
Repression against left-wing, anti-imperialist and Palestine solidarity structures in Germany is increasingly aimed at undermining their economic means of existence, says LEON WYSTRYCHOWSKI
Decades of centre-left accommodation and deepening inequality have opened the door to a hard-right restoration — posing stark challenges for the left, argues FRANCISCO DOMINGUEZ
Despite systemic racism and far-right hostility, Britain’s migrant and black communities continue to contribute, inspire, and resist. Through education, art, and intergenerational solidarity, the next generation can help shape a future rooted in justice, understanding, and hope, says ZITA HOLBOURNE
JULIA BARD looks at the persistence of anti-semitism on the political right – and its troubling emergence on parts of the left, too
From the mainstreaming of far-right ideas to Europe’s looming conflicts, 2025 has been a year of sharp warnings. The coming year demands decisive action before these crises escalate, writes ANDREW MURRAY
WITH the exception of the Morning Star, newspapers have reacted with transparent glee to Sir Keir Starmer’s suspension of Jeremy Corbyn from the Labour Party.
The crowing from across the “mainstream” political spectrum – from the Mail to the Mirror – reflects the importance the political class places on utterly discrediting the former Labour leader. No doubt it was the very uniqueness of the Morning Star’s defence of Corbyn that resulted in our paper featuring on Sky News, Newsnight, and the Today programme, which as readers know is a rare occurrence.
Having lobbed this grenade at the left, Starmer spent this morning seeking to downplay its significance: there is no purge, it wasn’t really his decision but that of party general secretary David Evans (writer Aaron Bastani says he is informed this is untrue), “I want to unite the party.”
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