The victories that followed the American civil war and the 1960s civil rights era are once again under attack, echoing earlier efforts to roll back equality and redefine democracy, says JOE SIMS
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Stella Assange: we all need to be there on Day X
‘Day X,’ the final extradition hearing, is now approaching for journalist Julian Assange, his wife tells Morning Star reporter PETER LAZENBY, and all available support must be mobilised
Stella Assange (left) and Chloe Schlosberg speak at a rally in Manchester
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In 2010, faced with the closure of their local library, a Buckinghamshire town’s locals turned to an unconventional tactic – borrowing every single book – to defend a cherished community space. MAT COWARD tells the story
The indictment of Nicolas Maduro after a deadly US assault is just the latest phase in a long campaign against the Bolivarian government, warns FRANCISCO DOMINGUEZ
Journalist STEVE SWEENEY talks to Roger McKenzie about narrowly surviving an Israeli air strike last week while documenting the mass displacement of civilians – and explains why the real story goes far beyond the attack on him
After 27 years in Holyrood, the former first minister urged unity and respect — but, says NEIL FINDLAY, her time in power told a very different story
The Employment Rights Act 2025’s focus on individual rights forces workers into slow and costly litigation to assert rights, rather than empowering unions. A Campaign for Trade Union Freedom-Strike Map rally at the weekend called for a more radical sequel, reports BEN CHACKO
“IT is really the endgame for Julian because we are waiting for what is likely to be the final hearing in the British courts.”
Stella Assange spoke to the Morning Star shortly before she was due to address a meeting in Manchester where four days of political events were taking place coinciding with the Tory Party conference taking place in the city.
The People’s Assembly had erected a marquee in Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester city centre in which issues such as the climate crisis, Tory cuts and the NHS were debated and discussed — a far cry from the bilious right-wing rants taking place a few hundred yards away in the Conservative Party’s conference venue.
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