The Defence Universities Alliance is a bit to co-opt higher education into the wider drive to war — we should resist as earlier generations of scientists did, argue say ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT of SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
A GREAT Italian socialist once said: “I hate the indifferent. I believe that living means taking sides. Those who really live cannot help being a citizen and a partisan. Indifference and apathy are parasitism, not life. Indifference is the deadweight of history.”
These words from Antonio Gramsci in a very different context sum up the situation socialists face in Britain today as Labour conference meets.
Now is the time for everyone in the labour movement to take sides.
The pioneering activist understood that freedom could only be won through solidarity across communities. Her legacy offers vital lessons at a time when progressive politics risks losing that shared purpose
The Morning Star republishes PRAGNA PATEL’s speech at the annual commemoration of Claudia Jones on February 22 2026
ISAAC SANEY points to the global stakes involved in defending the Cuban revolution against imperialism and calls for resistance
ROZ FOYER explains the significance and tradition of today’s St Andrew’s Day March and Rally
The unifying victory of Irish progressive forces in the presidential campaign should be a salutary lesson to the left in this country, argues MARY GRIFFITHS CLARKE



