One hundred years on from Britain’s only general strike, socialists will gather in London at the Morning Star’s annual conference to discuss how organised labour can once again become the engine of radical change. Editor BEN CHACKO encourages readers to come along and join the debate

A packed fringe meeting at the National Education Union conference heard from Iranian teachers, campaigners and journalists

CLAUDIA WEBBE says the US is tightening the noose to destroy Cuban socialism — the need for immediate, international solidarity is urgent

MAT COWARD recommends a crop that keeps growing well under drought conditions

Cypriot lawyer and former central committee member of the Progressive Working People’s Party (Akel) TOUMAZOS TSIELEPIS discusses the case for expelling the British military from Cyprus

US aggression has plunged us into an energy price crisis that will spark steep inflation across the board — and the shock will be much worse than in the 1970s, warns MICHAEL BURKE

The sheer number present on the day, estimated at half a million, points to organisational acumen and bodes well for developing the movement, says DIANE ABBOTT

In the second and final part of his article MIKE SCOTT posits that if we don’t control AI while we’ve got the chance, we could be signing the death warrant for our children and grandchildren

MIKE SCOTT assesses the AI threat to jobs in the first of a pair of articles on the problems it poses

The Morning Star here publishes a speech that would have been given by Stop the War officer and longtime NEU and NUT activist Alex Kenny on the eve of the verdicts handed to Chris Nineham and Ben Jamal this week. He also explains why he couldn’t give it

Schools are at breaking point, argues NASUWT general secretary MATT WRACK — we urgently need investment in our kids’ futures

SOLOMON HUGHES says even electoral defeat isn’t a deterrent to right-wing MPs: pro-corporate policies might lose elections but they can be lucrative nonetheless