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Members of the British Battalion, Major Attlee Company, 15th International Brigade, displaying their banner during a lull in the fighting during the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939

Spanish Civil War 90th Anniversary / 4 July 2026

The cry was ‘¡No pasaran!’

4 July 2026

MAXINE PEAKE says the warnings of the International Brigades ring true today

Actor Maxine Peake (right) and cycling champ Beryl Burton

SOCIALIST CYCLE CHALLENGE / 22 July 2022

The Morning Star’s very own unstoppable Beryl Burton Brigade

22 July 2022

Star of stage and screen MAXINE PEAKE explains why she and the Pedal4Progress team are raising money for your paper in tribute to one of the most inspiring working-class sportswomen of all time

Actor, activist and Morning Star ambassador Maxine Peake

Culture / 23 June 2020

A time to inform, educate and enlighten

23 June 2020

MAXINE PEAKE introduces this special edition of the Morning Star’s culture section

Actor and Morning Star ambassador Maxine Peake guest edited

Peterloo: 200 years on / 16 August 2019

Two centuries since Peterloo and still so much to fight for

16 August 2019

Morning Star guest editor MAXINE PEAKE introduces some of the writers contributing to the paper’s special edition marking the 200th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre