Internationalism is deeply embedded in socialist theory and practice. Examination illuminates its complexity asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
ON Saturday night a packed community hall in Braunston, Northamptonshire, heard the story of the 100th anniversary of a 14-week strike by canal boat workers.
The strike was sparked when employers cut wages by 15 per cent and by the appalling conditions faced by workers and their families who lived on the barges.
The event was organised by Unite Northamptonshire Community branch chair and activist Russ Hickman and myself.
HENRY FOWLER, assistant general secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU), reports on Day 2 from the GFTU’s residential Summer School at the Workers’ Retreat, Quorn Grange Hotel
KATAYOUN SHAHANDEH surveys Iran’s cultural heritage and explains what has been damaged and what could be lost
On the 40th anniversary of the Wapping dispute, this Morning Star special supplement traces the long-planned conspiracy that led to the mass sackings of printworkers in 1986 – a struggle whose unresolved injustices still demand redress today, writes ANN FIELD



