Israel’s genocide in Gaza persists, while the war in Ukraine continues with no negotiated settlement in sight. As Europe rearms and Britain expands its nuclear capabilities, CAROL TURNER reviews the alternatives
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The National Union of Mineworkers will never stop fighting
‘Legalised theft’ from miners’ pension funds is just one of the issues on which the NUM is campaigning, says general secretary CHRIS KITCHEN
Police violence during the miners' strike
The global left must be unwavering in it is support for Venezuela as Washington increases its aggression, and clear-eyed about the West’s cynical motives for targeting it, says CLAUDIA WEBBE
ROGER McKENZIE shines a light on conflicts in Sudan and Nigeria, where Western powers are intent on laying claim to valuable resources necessary for market dominance
The Morning Star publishes the Communist Party of Britain's 58th congress address by general secretary ROBERT GRIFFITHS, delivered on November 15 2025
In part III of a serialisation of his new book, JOHN McINALLY tells the extraordinary story of the attempts by ‘moderates’ to prevent leftwinger Mark Serwotka from taking the leadership of the then-newly formed PCS union
JOHN ELLISON takes a look at Sir Keir Starmer’s track record of duplicity and betrayal since taking the Labour leadership role, as highlighted in a new book, The Fraud, by Paul Holden
SINCE the coal industry was privatised in 1994, successive governments have creamed off £7 billion in surpluses accrued by the two pension schemes covering workers in the industry.
When the remains of the coal industry were privatised, an agreement was struck with the government under which it would underwrite any future losses. In return the pension funds had to share any surpluses the funds accrued 50-50 with the government.
At the time that this arrangement was entered into by the pension fund trustees it was thought by the government of the day that this would be a good deal as it could expect to receive £2bn from the pension schemes over the first 25 years.
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