Working people across Britain are fighting back against austerity, war, repression and exploitation. The challenge now is to unite those struggles, says Communist Party of Britain assistant general secretary JOHNNIE HUNTER

Believe it or not, there was a time when the US government built beautiful homes for working‑class Americans to deal with a housing shortage, writes ERAN BEN-JOSEPH

Some of the review’s proposals could make the benefits system less cruel and dehumanising. But its vague plans for services and non-cash support revive the threat that disabled people will lose control over the money we need to survive, writes DYLAN MURPHY

Train drivers’ union Aslef general secretary DAVE CALFE speaks to Ben Chacko about his hopes that Burnham’s devolution agenda will include the importance of the railway

DIANE ABBOTT provides an analysis of the reasons for EU and British voters’ dramatic swing to the right

MAT COWARD has heaps of good advice on recycling garden and household waste over the winter

The UK Prime Minister may have the regal touch in northern England, but he’s been wrong-footed on the constitutional challenges posed by the Celtic Alliance of first ministers from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, argues KENNY MacASKILL

NEIRLAY ANDRADE, a member of the Communist Party of Venezuela’s political committee, outlines her party’s position on the crisis facing the country

DAVID HORSLEY remembers the remarkable life and death of US black revolutionary George Jackson, whose politically passionate prison letters were published as Soledad Brother

A look at Taylor Wimpey’s accounts shows why Labour’s market-led housing strategy won’t deliver more, cheaper homes, as promised, says SOLOMON HUGHES

A part of the British empire’s network of slavery, today the Caribbean island of Nevis faces a new form of exploitation in the form of crypto-colonialism, CLAUDIA WEBBE writes

Cuban trade union federation CTC leader OSNAY MIGUEL COLINA speaks to Ben Chacko about life and work under a crippling US siege

A new book by Victoria Holmes illuminates the many hidden histories of the oppression experienced by Gypsy/Roma/Traveller community, writes ROGER McKENZIE

Even the oligarchs of the artificial intelligence industries are warning that their creations have the capacity for the ultimate destruction of the planet and its population. ANDREW MURRAY suggests that there might just be other solutions

ALEX GORDON, general secretary of the Communist Party of Britain, calls on Britain’s trade unionists to redouble solidarity with the socialist island

Collective bargaining, a single status of worker and the right to take solidarity action key themes of packed Institute of Employment Rights-Campaign for Trade Union Freedom fringe meeting at TUC 2026

The rise of the far right on the one hand and the emergence of a new style of Labour leadership on the other, create similar challenges and opportunities for unions in Scotland and beyond, argues DAVE MOXHAM

If Labour is genuinely committed to supporting working-class students it must act urgently to reverse the funding crisis affecting universities and colleges, JO GRADY tells Christophe Domec

Austerity and the cost-of-living crisis affecting millions of working people cannot be separated from public-sector cuts to fuel the military, argue BOB ORAM and MAGGIE SIMPSON

Some British unions are making a strategic error in backing militarised solutions instead of working for a ceasefire and end to the war, argues LINDSEY GERMAN

Public ownership of Great British Railways has enormous potential to improve our railway network, but that can’t happen unless jobs, employee rights and union recognition is at the heart of the transition, argues MARYAM ESLAMDOUST

Who should the trade union movement be fighting for: pimps or marginalised women, asks ANNA FISHER

Challenges from the unscrupulous misuse of AI to steal actors’ voice and physical likenesses is being met with a firm union response, writes LYNDA ROOKE

The Labour government must deliver on its commitment to bring back privatised services into the public sector. This not only saves money but also creates accountability and generates wider social benefits, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP

This summer’s fire outbreaks highlighted once again the deadly cost of job, equipment and funding cuts to the fire service. Ten years after the Grenfell tragedy, serious lessons still need to be learned, says STEVE WRIGHT

Live music and musical education are both under attack and threaten to impoverish our culture. The Musicians’ Union seeks allies in the fightback, writes NAOMI POHL

DAVE WARD of the Communication Workers Union says unions must step up to meet the challenges of a transformed world of work

Whether it’s dented bike frames or broken ferries, MATT KERR wishes politicians had the same steely staying power of elite engineering instead of chasing disposable self-importance

The Together Alliance is hosting two summits, North and South, to build power and plan action against the scourge of racism peddled by the right. DANIEL KEBEDE urges mass participation

The events of 9/11 reverberated across the United States and then the world. JOHN WIGHT remembers the eerie atmosphere that exposed racial divisions at the heart of Hollywood

TUC president and POA leader STEVE GILLAN speaks to Ben Chacko on the eve of Congress 2026

HOPE VIRGO of campaign Dump the Scales warns MPs voting today they should be alert to the threat legalised assisted death poses to people with eating disorders

ELLEN CLIFFORD of Disabled People Against Cuts takes the Morning Star through the serious deficiencies which leave vulnerable people at lethal risk

Trade union movement - in both Britain and Ireland - has the potential to become an active player in unity debate, argues LOUISE O’REILLY TD* 

The TUC fell for the illusion of a ‘Social Europe’ in 1988 and backed single-market membership. DOUG NICHOLLS argues that dramatic changes in the EU prove the need for an independent economic policy

Morning Star assistant business manager BERNADETTE KEAVENEY and international editor ROGER McKENZIE remember attending the 2001 TUC, suspended midweek after news of the World Trade Centre attacks

DOUG NICHOLLS welcomes a turning point at this year’s Congress, where many motions call for a co-ordinated plan to revive British industry, a perspective outlined in his new book

The US wars that followed the al-Qaida attack in 2001 didn’t just create numberless human victims but also represented the slow, lingering death of Western liberal democracy

In June 1402 Owain Glyndwr defeats the English in a battle of Bryn Glas, a fact not introduced to the school curriculum in Wales until 2022. MARK SEDDON revisits the battlefield

More than 100 coastal nations use cabotage laws to protect domestic shipping and seafarer jobs. SASCHA MEIJER of Nautilus International says it’s time for Britain to follow suit

The drift toward militarisation in Europe is not inevitable, left-wing and peace movements can preserve sovereignty and prevent war, says DÁIRE HUGHES MP

As Cuba faces an unprecedented US energy siege and growing threats of military intervention, TUC Congress must stand unequivocally with Cuban workers and their right to determine their own future, writes STEVE GILLAN, POA general secretary and TUC president

As Cuba faces the most dangerous moment in its recent history, Britain must do more than condemn the US blockade at the United Nations, writes KEVIN COURTNEY, chair of the Cuba Solidarity Campaign

By organising for boycotts, divestment and sanctions, trade unionists can turn solidarity into action, writes JESS BARNARD

PCS is demanding the long-overdue return of essential services to public ownership, explains FRAN HEATHCOTE

Labour must deliver its manifesto promises in full and begin the bigger task of restoring workers’ collective power, says MATT WRACK

Stronger legal protections, better policing and action to protect all retail workers are urgently needed, argues JOANNE THOMAS

The NUJ is calling on the trade union movement to challenge the power of tech giants and resist cuts to public service broadcasting, with the future of quality, accessible journalism at stake, says LAURA DAVISON

Despite promises of a new era of insourcing, billions of pounds of public contracts continue to flow to private firms. Unions are now calling for urgent action to bring services back in-house, says EDDIE DEMPSEY

The attacks of September 2001 became the pretext for a new era of US-led intervention. Twenty-five years on, millions are dead and the promised ‘victories’ remain nowhere to be seen, says ANDREW MURRAY

CHRIS KITCHEN argues that the TUC should answer the call of Ukrainian labour movement organisations for support and solidarity with their cause

Funding education properly is the surest means of empowering new generations to play a full part in democratic participation and social progress, it is also essential for children with special needs to achieve their potential, writes ANDREA BRADLEY

Faced with employer abuse and exploitation, low-paid overseas staff have been the backbone of Britain’s health and social care sectors. The Labour government must abandon plans to punish them with draconian visa restrictions, writes CLARE WILLIAMS, Unison national officer

Privatisation and the break-up of our integrated rail system have been disasters. The Labour government’s pledges on reindustrialisation and renationalisation offer the solution, argues DAVE CALFE of Aslef

Whatever differences exist among international sympathisers of the Bolivarian revolution about its current trajectory, they should unite against the imperialist power that is the source of an enforced retreat, argues ROGER D HARRIS

Trade unions need to step up and force a turn in the policies of the labour movement to effectively confront the far-right threat, argues NICK WRIGHT

Trade unions need to protect creative rights as well as jobs against the negative impacts of AI, argues ZITA HOLBOURNE

As the 90th anniversary of the outbreak of the Spanish civil war is marked, Teesside campaigners will gather to remember the local men and women who stood against fascism, explains TONY FOX

US financial instability is exposing the limits of a dollar-dominated global economy — and giving the Global South a historic chance to build an alternative, says MURAD QURESHI

Washington’s inability to subjugate Iran is an example of how it is trying to preserve a regional order that no longer exists, argues RAMZY BAROUD