MARIA DUARTE picks the best and worst of a crowded year of films
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Got to laugh at it all
BEN CHACKO salutes the Morning Star cartoonists
Cartoon: Sally Lewis
JOSEPHINE BARBARO welcomes a diverse anthology of experiences by autistic women that amounts to a resounding chorus, demanding to be heard
PAUL BUHLE recommends an eminently useful book that examines the political opportunities for popular anti-fascist intervention
PETER MASON is entertained by the autobiography of Charlie Harper, one of punk’s most enduring figures
JAMIE BRITTON reaches for the sick bucket as he is forced to engorge detail after detail of the Royal Family’s wealth
STEVE JOHNSON picks his favourites from the many memorable albums of the year, and one stunning new festival
“FREEDOM and justice for all are infinitely more to be desired than pedestals for a few,” said Honore Daumier 200 years ago, a sentiment reflected in today’s battle cry “for the many not the few.”
We can see that Daumier’s spirit is very much alive among Morning Star cartoonists who have, throughout 2025, entertained our readers with a merciless disparaging of those few who use power against the interest of the many.
And what better antidote than laughter. We remain forever indebted to these comrades for their unwavering generosity and solidarity, without which we’d be all visibly poorer.”
