TUC president and POA leader STEVE GILLAN speaks to Ben Chacko on the eve of Congress 2026
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Purged left-wingers hit back at Starmer’s ‘moribund, anti-democratic’ party
MATT TRINDER talks to the former Labour activists in Brighton and Hove who rode the wave of euphoria during Labour’s Corbyn years only to be expelled under the current right-wing regime
Damian McCarthy (right) with his step-dad, Howell John, at Anfield watching Liverpool
As Cuba faces the most dangerous moment in its recent history, Britain must do more than condemn the US blockade at the United Nations, writes KEVIN COURTNEY, chair of the Cuba Solidarity Campaign
The Together Alliance is hosting two summits, North and South, to build power and plan action against the scourge of racism peddled by the right. DANIEL KEBEDE urges mass participation
Morning Star assistant business manager BERNADETTE KEAVENEY and international editor ROGER McKENZIE remember attending the 2001 TUC, suspended midweek after news of the World Trade Centre attacks
Whether it’s dented bike frames or broken ferries, MATT KERR wishes politicians had the same steely staying power of elite engineering instead of chasing disposable self-importance
The events of 9/11 reverberated across the United States and then the world. JOHN WIGHT remembers the eerie atmosphere that exposed racial divisions at the heart of Hollywood
“I knew Keir Starmer in the early ’90s when I was a trainee barrister and he was a barrister, and people used to ask what he was like at the time because he was becoming a big name.
“I always said: do not trust this guy at all. I’ve seen his public persona and what he’s like in private and they’re very different.”
Damian McCarthy has just been expelled from Labour — one of thousands of leftists to suffer the same fate since Starmer took over the party three years ago this month, promising to largely continue the progressive agenda of his predecessor Jeremy Corbyn.
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