ANDREW MURRAY breaks down this week’s rift in the new left party that was at one point polling at 15 per cent of the vote without even having formed — whether it will form now has been thrown into a pit of doubt
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A bold stance is needed to counter the far right
TONY CONWAY argues that fighting fascistic developments sparked off by the controversy over immigration can only be done when supported by a clear set of progressive political demands put forward by the labour movement
Anti-fascists from Cornwall Resists, stand outside the Beresford Hotel in Newquay, Cornwall, which houses refugees, as protesters from the far-right group Patriotic Alternative mount their own protest opposite
DIANE ABBOTT MP argues we shouldn’t see last week’s march as an inarticulate outpouring of confused class consciousness, arguing that the agenda was set by the stars of the international far right, whose speeches were explicit, extreme and unopposed
ROGER McKENZIE argues that the BRI represents a choice between treating humans as commodities or as equals — an essential project when, aside from China’s efforts, hundreds of millions worldwide are trapped in poverty
Our annual memorial event and lecture honouring a legend of English working-class history, who ‘organised the unorganisable’ in the countryside, will hear from today’s organisers of the unorganisable fighting the bosses of Amazon, writes NICK MATTHEWS
BERNADETTE KEAVENEY announces a simplified and streamlined way to get your paper delivered daily, and a big push for new readers that we can all help make into a success
Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO reports from the start of Kunming’s Belt and Road media forum, where 200 journalists from 71 countries celebrated a new openness and optimism, forged by China’s enormous contribution to global development
GIVEN the recent developments both in Parliament and on the streets, we should recall what Georgi Dimitrov said1935.
Fascism was not something “over and above” capitalism — even though that was its claim. Nor was it primarily an expression of the despair of the lower middle class — even though this composed part of its base.
It was: “The open terrorist dictatorship of the most reactionary, most chauvinistic and most imperialist elements of finance capital.”
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