From Palestine, to racism, to fiscal rules and migrant rights, DIANE ABBOTT surveys some of the main themes of Labour conference this week
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Let’s ensure that our message of hope is heard far and wide
As chair of the Labour Party IAN LAVERY has high hopes for the conference and its outcomes
Jeremy Corbyn (centre) with shadow cabinet members (left to right) Diane Abbott, Ian Lavery, Kate Osamor, Tom Watson and Sarah Champion at the launch of the Labour Party election manifesto in Bradford last year
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
The Labour Party as we know it was formed 118 years ago. It was not created out of the desire to satisfy some whim or as an intellectual debating society, where men and women of standing could discuss their concerns about the deserving or undeserving poor.
It was born out of necessity. The injustices and inequality between the working classes, who powered Britain’s industrial revolution, and the upper classes, who profited from it, had never been more obvious and thankfully there were people for whom these injustices could not be ignored.
The importance of the trade union movement in the story of Labour’s conception can often be forgotten.
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All the areas that cause working people to feel insecure have to be addressed, through a return to unashamedly pro-worker politics, if the horror of a Farage government is to be avoided, writes IAN LAVERY MP
The Gala’s core message of working-class solidarity offers renewed hope and provides the antidote to the anti-worker policies of Reform UK, argues IAN LAVERY MP
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