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Roger McKenzie
A man carries wood on his bicycle as he rides past a cemetery in Beni, Congo, July 16, 2019
Central Africa / 11 May 2026
11 May 2026
South Africans protest against illegal migration, in Johannesburg, South Africa, April 29, 2026
South Africa / 12 May 2026
12 May 2026

Over 30 years since apartheid was abolished, nasty anti-migrant rhetoric sweeps the corporate media. The Commnunist Party is ready to fight back, says ROGER McKENZIE

People film a US Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft as it arrives at the Beijing International Capital Airport ahead of US President Donald Trump's visit, in Beijing, May 11, 2026
East Asia / 11 May 2026
11 May 2026
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the opening session of the G20 foreign ministers meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, February 20, 2025
Features / 8 May 2026
8 May 2026

ROGER McKENZIE says the ANC needs to respect South Africa’s Communists and their decision to stand independently at elections

People take part in a Black Lives Matter protest in Brighton, sparked by the death of George Floyd, who was killed on May 25 while in police custody in the US city of Minneapolis, July 2020
Politics / 30 April 2026
30 April 2026

The route to liberation does not lie in waiting for allies or chasing representation for its own sake – it requires consistent political strategy and collective struggle, writes ROGER McKENZIE

Artist Frank Bowling at the launch of his new exhibition Seeking the Sublime, at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, which charts his career from the early 1960s to Yellow Map (2025), a major new painting being shown publicly for the first time. Picture date: Wednesday March 25, 2026
Culture / 16 April 2026
16 April 2026

Born from exclusion and resistance, black British art has carved out creative space to tell untold stories and challenge racism, says ROGER McKENZIE

Cartoon: Sally Lewis
Features / 2 April 2026
2 April 2026

The question for the media, in the US and across the globe, says ROGER McKENZIE, is will they do their job fearlessly and call Donald Trump out?

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Book Review / 27 March 2026
27 March 2026

ROGER McKENZIE grooves to the message that jazz supports, expresses and sparks fresh political movements and ideas

ON THE GROUND: Steve Sweeney
Features / 23 March 2026
23 March 2026

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

Volunteers clean debris from a residential building damaged when a nearby police station was hit Friday in a U.S.-Israeli strike in Tehran, Iran, March 15, 2026
Features / 19 March 2026
19 March 2026

Morning Star international editor ROGER McKENZIE says Trump’s ceaseless belligerence is a desperate effort to prevent the emergence of a multilateral world