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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The phoney ‘war on motorists’ is a painful farce
Rishi Sunak’s propaganda glamorising car culture aims to whip up anti-green backlash from a fantasy world of tweed caps and open-top Morgans in a cynical vote-grabbing ploy, writes SALLY WILTON
A man driving a car in traffic at night
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
PRIME MINISTER RISHI SUNAK took some clever advice from his spin doctors when in 2023 he decided to rename certain gullible folk who sit behind the wheel of a vehicle “motorists.” Using this rather old-fashioned word he triggered one of the most blatant uses of propaganda in recent years in Britain, clearly spun for one purpose only — to win votes.
Sunak went on to portray “motorists” as some sort of persecuted group, a minority who are discriminated against, when in fact many of us travel in cars from time to time without feeling we are treated unfairly and would not want to include ourselves in his gang.
This irritating trope hasn’t yet faded away; it has grown into an anti-ULEZ monster that is set to be perhaps the only populist Conservative policy that is garnering support for the forthcoming general election.
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