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Navy soldiers stand guard over boxes of election materials t

World / 13 April 2025

Fears state of emergency in Ecuador could be bid to rig election

13 April 2025

Burnt cars remain in the middle of a street following the re

Features / 22 March 2025

Syria's nightmare: the view from the country's communists

22 March 2025

Ben Chacko asks NIZAR TRABULSI of the now banned Syrian Communist Party (Unified) to explain the country's turbulent, and violent, post-Assad scene

Delegates chat as they leave the Great Hall of the People af

Features / 22 March 2025

Could China's rise be Britain's opportunity?

22 March 2025

From renewable tech to alternatives to the dollar, BEN CHACKO was encouraged by an optimistic meeting held by the China Media Group this week

People take part in a demonstration at Old Palace Yard in We

Britain / 20 March 2025

Assisted dying is a class issue, Diane Abbott and disability rights groups warn

20 March 2025

Muslim Association of Britain president Anas Altikriti gives

Features / 10 March 2025

Palestine champions honoured with Solidarity Iftar

10 March 2025

Journalists, campaign groups and protest leaders received recognition from the Muslim community for their courage in standing against genocide amid growing police repression and media smears, reports BEN CHACKO

Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan (centre) on the picket l

Features / 22 February 2025

‘Build it, and they’ll come’ – the case for investment in rail

22 February 2025

Aslef general secretary MICK WHELAN speaks to Ben Chacko about rail renationalisation, the Employment Rights Bill and why we shouldn’t write off this Labour government

UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territori

World / 20 February 2025

Junge Welt denounces ‘grotesque and dangerous’ intimidation of Palestine rapporteur Albanese on Germany trip

20 February 2025

US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth (right) speaks with Nat

World / 13 February 2025

Nato exercises without US begin as alliance reels from US U-turn on Ukraine

13 February 2025

US President Donald Trump listens as far-right billionaire b

World / 13 February 2025

Musk vows to ‘delete entire agencies’ in US state-shrinking mission

13 February 2025

Features / 10 February 2025

A new multipolar world or a new cold war? Latin America, China and the rising global South

10 February 2025

Long having been considered the ‘US’s backyard,’ Latin America is the crucible of anti-imperialist struggle – yet with the rise of China as an economic and ideological counterweight to Washington, we see a new phase of that struggle emerge, writes BEN CHACKO

Features / 9 February 2025

Adelante! Trump, Latin America and the world: an inspiring and empowering conference

9 February 2025

BEN CHACKO appreciates the largest Adelante! conference yet, and how much there was to learn about decolonisation and defiance across Latin America and beyond

Interview / 8 February 2025

‘Our focus is peace’

8 February 2025

Ben Chacko talks to Bundestag member for the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance, SEVIM DAGDELEN, about the continuing war in Ukraine, the economic crisis, controversies over immigration, the failings of Germany’s liberalised prostitution policy, and the importance of free speech

President Donald Trump speaks as he signs executive orders i

Britain / 2 February 2025

Trump's trade wars should prompt U-turn in Labour economic policy, say communists

2 February 2025

Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sar

Britain / 2 February 2025

Scottish Labour ‘cannot get rid of its biggest problem – Keir Starmer,’ former MSP warns after dire polling figures

2 February 2025

Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and Khalid Abdalla (front

Interview / 31 January 2025

‘It's crucial to keep the Palestine movement on the streets’

31 January 2025

Stop the War Coalition vice-chair CHRIS NINEHAM speaks to Ben Chacko about the repression of Palestine protests, civil liberties and the left's priority tasks

Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, MP John McDonnell (front

Britain / 26 January 2025

We will ‘break your climate of fear’, peace activists warn police and politicians

26 January 2025

CLEAR VISION: Peter Mertens, of the Workers Party of Belgium

Features / 18 January 2025

Grasping the will for radical change

18 January 2025

Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO reports from the annual Rosa Luxemburg Conference held last weekend in Berlin

Police officers and demonstrators clash during the

World / 12 January 2025

German police attack Palestine bloc on annual procession to Luxemburg and Liebknecht's graves

12 January 2025

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar delivers a speech at Univ

Britain / 7 January 2025

Scottish Labour will abstain on Scottish budget – for not lifting Westminster Labour's two-child benefit cap fast enough

7 January 2025

Features / 1 January 2025

In 2025, we must confront a dystopian right fighting for unchecked corporate power

1 January 2025

Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO says the status quo cannot last – but those currently poised to replace it would usher in a nightmarish new era

Then US president-elect Jimmy Carter leans over to shake han

World / 30 December 2024

Tributes pour in for Jimmy Carter for retirement peace work following his death at 100

30 December 2024

STANDING FIRM: CND activists protest at RAF Lakenheath again

Features / 24 December 2024

Confronting the terrifying prospect of nuclear war

24 December 2024

Speaking to Ben Chacko, CND’s new leader SOPHIE BOLT outlines her organisation’s ambitious plans, from peace camps to base blockades to mass mobilisation, to fight the rising nuclear madness our politicians ignore

Matt Wrack, General Secretary of the Fire Brigades Union, sp

Interview / 21 December 2024

Matt Wrack: How to rebuild the fire and rescue service

21 December 2024

The FBU general secretary, currently running for another term, speaks to Ben Chacko about what's needed to reverse 14 years of cuts – and decades of neoliberal deregulation

Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien (centre) rallies

World / 19 December 2024

Teamsters launch biggest strike in Amazon's US history

19 December 2024

Prince Andrew leaves after attending the Christmas day servi

Britain / 15 December 2024

Britain's communists denounce ‘war psychosis’ over alleged Chinese spy

15 December 2024

TAKING ON A GIANT: (Left to right) Louveza Iqbal, Tyehimba

Features / 7 December 2024

Organising Amazon: the battle isn't over

7 December 2024

Morning Star editor Ben Chacko reports on an event detailing GMB's campaign to unionise the Coventry warehouse addressed by regional organiser FERDOUSARA UDDIN and Amazon worker LOUVEZA IQBAL

(From left to right) National Education Union leader Daniel

TUC Racial Discrimination and Equality Conference ’24 / 4 December 2024

Can unions fight racism yet support Starmer, audience asks at TUC conference

4 December 2024

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to journalist

Britain / 1 December 2024

British ministers ‘foolish and cynical’ to encourage Ukraine to pursue Nato membership

1 December 2024

Features / 24 November 2024

'Israel is on the road to fascism'

24 November 2024

OFER CASSIF, a communist member of Israel's Knesset suspended for calling out genocide, discusses war, ethnic cleansing and worsening repression by the violent, bigoted regime in Tel Aviv

Demonstrators gather for a protest organised by social and c

World / 10 November 2024

Valencia march demands right-wing regional president resign over flood deaths

10 November 2024

Features / 2 November 2024

Two decades of fighting for peace

2 November 2024

In a farewell interview with Ben Chacko, outgoing CND general secretary KATE HUDSON reflects on 21 years of leading Britain’s peace movement, tracing the evolution of global threats and peace activism from the cold war to today

People join civil society groups led by Stand Up To Racism d

Britain / 27 October 2024

‘We will put you in the dustbin of history,’ anti-racists tell Tommy Robinson's goons

27 October 2024

World / 27 October 2024

Junge Welt hopes to appeal court ruling that it is extremist

27 October 2024

Nakedly political judgement says newspaper is anti-constitutional for promoting 'a socialist-communist social order according to classical Marxism'

Daniel Kebede speaking at the Socialist Campaign rally

Britain / 25 September 2024

Labour's crackdown on internal dissent means unions must step up as real opposition, NEU leader tells socialist fringe meeting

25 September 2024

People hold posters in support of Colombia's President Gusta

Labour Conference 2024 / 25 September 2024

‘In Colombia, it's the government versus the Establishment,’ fringe meeting hears

25 September 2024

Features / 24 September 2024

Andy Kerr: a working-class champion with time for everyone

24 September 2024

CWU president KAREN ROSE and GRAHAM COLK speak to Ben Chacko about their memories of a giant of the union and wider movement who is laid to rest today

Labour Conference 2024 / 24 September 2024

Cuban internationalism is proof that another world is possible

24 September 2024

We publish here a speech delivered by BEN CHACKO to the Viva Cuba rally at Labour conference last night

A shadow of a man with a clenched fist as a woman cowers in

Labour Conference 2024 / 23 September 2024

Cultural revolution required to end violence against women, Labour fringe meeting hears

23 September 2024

Unite union general secretary Sharon Graham, 21/12/2022

Labour Conference 2024 / 23 September 2024

Labour must not be allowed to deliver Austerity Mark II

23 September 2024

‘The fiscal rules are a noose around our neck,’ Unite's SHARON GRAHAM tells the Morning Star – it's time to tax the rich

Features / 19 September 2024

Why we have to raise the cover price of the Morning Star at the end of this month

19 September 2024

Editor BEN CHACKO says the cumulative impact of a couple of years of very high inflation have now hit the people's paper despite modest rises in income

Communication Workers Union (CWU) general secretary Dave War

Britain / 10 September 2024

TUC agrees to hold collective bargaining summit within six months

10 September 2024

11/09/23 of Paul Nowak, general secretary of the TUC speakin

Britain / 8 September 2024

TUC leader to call on unions to help shape a new economic settlement

8 September 2024

Features / 31 August 2024

'Our priority is a stronger movement for peace'

31 August 2024

German Communist Party leader PATRIK KOBELE speaks to Morning Star editor Ben Chacko about rising repression and the domestic ramifications of Germany's drive to war

World / 30 August 2024

Ministers risk being ‘judged as participants’ if they don't act to end ‘mass murder’ in Palestine

30 August 2024

World / 25 August 2024

Berlin ‘peace days’ festival declares solidarity with Palestine and demands end to militarism

25 August 2024

World / 19 August 2024

'Tell Kamala Harris - stop supporting genocide!' Code Pink and other peace campaigners descend on Democrat National Convention in Chicago

19 August 2024

World / 18 August 2024

Tusk tells Germany to ‘keep quiet’ on fate of Nord Stream pipeline

18 August 2024

Doves fly over the cenotaph dedicated to the victims of the

World / 6 August 2024

Nuclear disarmament is not a pipe dream but an urgent priority, says Hiroshima governor

6 August 2024

World / 5 August 2024

Bangladeshi PM resigns and flees as crowds ransack palace

5 August 2024

Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival 2024 / 20 July 2024

‘News isn't just another business’

20 July 2024

MICHELLE STANISTREET, who is stepping down from leadership of the National Union of Journalists after 13 years, speaks to the Morning Star on what's wrong with the media industry – and how to address it

Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival 2024 / 20 July 2024

Labour must invest in renewal to save our schools

20 July 2024

National Education Union general secretary DANIEL KEBEDE talks to Ben Chacko about the crisis in education, the need for fair pay and how to see off the threat of Farage

World / 16 July 2024

Macron poised to formally accept PM's resignation while leaving him in charge in bid to subvert election result

16 July 2024

Features / 15 July 2024

Argentina's trade unions face a war on the working class

15 July 2024

ADRIANA PELLA of Argentinian trade union federation CGT speaks to Ben Chacko about leading the resistance to Javier Milei

Marchers at the Durham Miners' Gala, July 13, 2024

Durham Miners' Gala / 15 July 2024

Labour must give communities a voice - and real investment - to stop the far right

15 July 2024

Durham Miners' Association president STEPHEN GUY speaks to Ben Chacko about the miners’ strikes consequences today, his hopes for the new Labour government — and the sorry saga of Luke Akehurst

Children take part in the Durham Miners' Gala in 2022

Durham Miners’ Gala / 14 July 2024

Time to end 45 years of Thatcherism and rebuild Britain, Mick Lynch says

14 July 2024

Features / 11 July 2024

‘By God, we need Labour to deliver’: ALAN MARDGHUM speaks to the Morning Star on Gala day

11 July 2024

The Durham Miners' Association leader speaks to Ben Chacko about the election result and the far-right menace that can only be defeated by fixing broken Britain

Features / 6 July 2024

Democracy and the Labour landslide

6 July 2024

So huge a majority on so small a vote points to the widening gulf between rulers and ruled and a deep crisis of bourgeois democracy, argues BEN CHACKO

Features / 4 July 2024

The media's Farage love-in helps drive our politics right – so we need a better media

4 July 2024

BEN CHACKO says a stronger Morning Star would counter the corrosive influence of press barons on our political culture

Features / 29 June 2024

‘Solidarity forever’ – our message in a very special Gala year

29 June 2024

Durham Miners Association leader ALAN MARDGHUM talks to Ben Chacko about the continued relevance of trade unions, the lacklustre general election campaign, whether we can believe opinion polls and the ‘reprehensible’ North Durham candidate, Luke Akehurst

Unison Conference 2024 / 17 June 2024

A wealth tax should be introduced to prevent the collapse of council services, Unison conference hears

17 June 2024

The Pentagon is seen on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023, in Washington

World / 16 June 2024

US ran covert anti-vax campaigns during Covid to discredit China

16 June 2024

World / 16 June 2024

Hundreds of thousands march in France against far right and for new left Popular Front

16 June 2024

Interview: / 13 June 2024

‘Stop looking to government - we need to build our strength in the workplace’

13 June 2024

As GMB conference meets in Bournemouth, its general secretary GARY SMITH speaks to the Morning Star

GMB Conference 2024 / 12 June 2024

GMB's race ambassadors pledge to work ‘member by member, branch by branch’ to make union reflect its members' diversity

12 June 2024

Rise of the right in Europe / 3 June 2024

There's no space for complacency: the British hard right is flourishing

3 June 2024

We don’t need to peer into shadowy, secretive corners for extremist politics here in Britain — it is growing openly in the mainstream of the Tory Party, and without meaningful left opposition, things will only get worse, warns BEN CHACKO

World / 26 May 2024

UAW calls on US regulator to annul Mercedes plant recognition vote, citing illegal anti-union behaviour by German car giant

26 May 2024

Wales TUC Congress 2024 / 23 May 2024

‘Two Labour governments, working together, will transform Wales,’ pledges First Minister

23 May 2024

New old hands Danie Franco / Creative Commons

Britain / 22 May 2024

Welsh unions to launch campaign to drive profit out of social care

22 May 2024

Britain / 22 May 2024

Wales TUC backs Unite call for an industrial strategy for Wales

22 May 2024

A general view of Tata Steel's Port Talbot steelworks in sou

Wales TUC Congress 2024 / 21 May 2024

Congress condemns Tata's ‘bad deal for steel’ and vows to fight for Port Talbot

21 May 2024

World / 16 May 2024

Xenophobia and militarism the priorities of new far-right-led coalition in Netherlands

16 May 2024

US nuclear weapons test in Nevada in 1953

World / 16 May 2024

US dismisses Chinese proposal for no-first-use treaty between nuclear-armed states

16 May 2024

a Unison flag flying in front of the sun as public sector wo

Britain / 13 May 2024

‘Barnet Council, shame on you’

13 May 2024

Frontline mental health social workers begin another three weeks of strike action

Features / 11 May 2024

‘Working in rail is a battle from day one’

11 May 2024

RMT young members' committee chair SARAH CUNDY speaks to Ben Chacko about the challenges facing young transport workers, public campaigning and training a new generation of union reps

Britain / 29 April 2024

Disabled People Against Cuts and Not Dead Yet rally against assisted dying as parliamentary debate begins

29 April 2024

Features / 28 April 2024

Brum, Rise Up! Activists and unions come together in Birmingham to resist municipal devastation

28 April 2024

Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO attends a vibrant meeting bringing together anti-cuts campaigns and local unions to co-ordinate a fightback against the biggest cuts faced by any city in the country

17 - PTB stage on Boulevard Pacheco, national demonstration

Features / 27 April 2024

Let the left embrace a world in mutiny

27 April 2024

The Marxist politician who led the Workers’ Party of Belgium (PTB) during its unprecedented rise from 2008 to 2021, PETER MERTENS, speaks to Ben Chacko about how the European left can regain its vision and its base in the working class

Features / 27 April 2024

From May 4 your weekend paper will go up in price by 10p. Here's why

27 April 2024

Editor BEN CHACKO explains that despite rising print sales our costs have still risen sharply ahead of income over the past couple of years

World / 23 April 2024

Starbucks takes anti-union case against NLRB to US Supreme Court

23 April 2024

STUC Congress 2024 / 18 April 2024

How can unions maximise wins from Britain's next government?

18 April 2024

Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO reports from Scottish TUC fringe meetings that discussed union priorities and strategies to influence the course of the next government