Cuba Solidarity Campaign secretary BERNARD REGAN says the inhuman blockade of Cuba not only continues, but the Donald Trump administration is ratcheting up aggression against both Havana and Latin America more widely
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The left must get organised now – we need a new left political party
With Reform UK surging and Labour determined not to offer anything different from the status quo, a clear opportunity opens for the left, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
The vote count on May 1 at Grimsby Town Hall, Lincolnshire, for the Greater Lincolnshire Mayor election
JOE GILL looks at research on the reasons people voted as they did last week and concludes Labour is finished unless it ditches Starmer and changes course
TONY BURKE says an International Labour Conference next month will try for a new convention to protect often super-exploited workers providing services such as ride-hailing (taxis) such as Uber as well as fast food and package delivery
In his May Day message for the Morning Star, RICHARD BURGON says the call for peace, equality and socialism has never been more relevant
This May Day we reaffirm our commitment to working people and our class and to get trade unionism back on the front foot, says EDDIE DEMPSEY
DIANE ABBOTT looks at the whys and hows of Labour’s spectacular own goal
When it comes to extreme weather events, from wildfires to flash floods, it’s firefighters who are on the front line of defence, but services have been cut to the bone, and government is not taking seriously its responsibility for the environment, says STEVE WRIGHT
LAST WEEK’s local elections were a seismic shock to both Labour and the Conservatives — who are often and not unfairly considered as two faces of the same political coin — with massive wins for the far-right Reform.
Much media analysis has focused on the Tories’ collapse, as they traditionally dominate county council elections and had most seats to lose, but Labour also collapsed, falling to 81 seats — a net loss of 172 seats — only 12 ahead of the Greens and just one above the number of independents, who performed well in some areas.
In at least 81 wards, particularly in the south-west, Labour did not manage to get even a single vote.
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