From Palestine, to racism, to fiscal rules and migrant rights, DIANE ABBOTT surveys some of the main themes of Labour conference this week
Free Palestine! Communists from Palestine, Lebanon and Iran discuss the war on Gaza
A packed fringe meeting at the 57th congress of the Communist Party heard warnings of a second Nakba. BEN CHACKO reports
(Left to right) Dr Firas Sarhan, Nader Awaad and Navid Shomali
We must remember how the CPGB led anti-fascist movement defeated Mosley’s BUF in September 1936 and apply the lessons of mass mobilisation and open, unapologetic confrontation to the rise of the far right today, writes DYLAN MURPHY
On the anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street, DAVID ROSENBERG reflects on his encounters with those who were there that day in 1936 – and suggests two urgent tasks for the anti-fascists of today
The basic human requirement of having a roof over one’s head is being undermined by West Northamptonshire Council – but local anti-cuts campaigners are rising above the divisive Farageist rhetoric to build unity and fight back, reports DAVID CONWAY
BEN CHACKO hears from a variety of speakers at Labour conference about the broken political system, the hatred propagated by super-wealthy tycoons, the importance of physically mobilising against the far right and the role of unions and working people in fighting back
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
“I AM 55 years old, and I have never encountered such devastating news as I am receiving now from Palestine,” Palestinian People’s Party guest speaker Dr Firas Sarhan told a fringe meeting at the Communist Party’s 57th Congress yesterday.
“My dad lived through the first Nakba [catastrophe, as the expulsion of 750,000 Palestinians from their homes as Israel was established is widely known] and he shared it with us, told us the horrible stories from that time.
“And that makes me think deeply and carefully about whether we are now facing a second Nakba, especially in terms of what’s going on in Gaza.
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