Skip to main content
Gifts from The Morning Star
When the heat is on – Reach for the Star
Morning Star campaigns manager CALVIN TUCKER encourages friends and comrades at Tolpuddle and beyond to be sure to subscribe to the people’s paper
The Morning Star and friends at Tolpuddle 2018

IF YOU’RE reading this column in the village of Tolpuddle in Dorset, the chances are you’ve picked up one of the thousands of Morning Stars we’ve handed out for free at this great celebration of trade union struggle.

The Tolpuddle Martyrs were transported to Australia in 1834, almost 100 years before the first edition of the Morning Star’s predecessor the Daily Worker rolled off the printing presses. 

But if we had been publishing at the time, I have no doubt that our headline would have been the defiant rallying cry of George Loveless: “We raise the watchword, liberty. We will, we will, we will be free!”

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
More from this author
95 years
95th Anniversary Appeal / 4 October 2025
4 October 2025

Morning Star campaigns manager CALVIN TUCKER encourages readers to get behind our five-year plan to keep the Star shining brightly as the paper approaches its 100th anniversary

(Left to right) Diana Johnson MP, Cllr Nina Killen, Cllr Emi
Features / 27 September 2022
27 September 2022
CALVIN TUCKER reports from the Labour Women’s Declaration fringe at conference in Liverpool
Features / 23 September 2022
23 September 2022
There’s one paper with a difference – one that’s owned by its readers, says Morning Star campaigns manager CALVIN TUCKER. And if you’re at Labour conference why not drop by the stall for a special subscription offer?
REACH FOR THE STAR / 5 August 2022
5 August 2022
Morning Star campaigns manager CALVIN TUCKER is on a roll with some welcome news about your paper – and a call to help build the Reach for the Star campaign
Similar stories
Your Paper / 20 September 2025
20 September 2025

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

The message and the mission remain the same: spread the Star!
Your Paper / 10 May 2025
10 May 2025
logo+banner
Fundraising / 3 May 2025
3 May 2025

A unique daily voice for peace and socialism

The Morning Star
Reach for the Star / 26 April 2025
26 April 2025

With a host of labour movement events coming up, you can put a smile on the face of Morning Star circulation manager BERNADETTE KEAVENEY by taking out a bulk order