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Morbid symptoms: Gianni Infantino and Donald Trump

Editorial / 2 August 2026

Fifa, private equity and football: a world gone wrong

2 August 2026

Police arrest a demonstrator for expressing support for Palestine Action on Thursday

Editorial / 31 July 2026

What links Palestine Action arrests with Burnham’s nuclear weapons splurge?

31 July 2026

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage during a Reform UK rally at Kimberley Hall in Wymondham, Norfolk, July 21, 2026

Editorial / 30 July 2026

Reform: bent cash for bent politics

30 July 2026

Prime Minister Andy Burnham delivers a speech during a visit to the Jewish Care, Maurice and Vivienne Wohl Campus care home in north London, on adult social care reform, July 29, 2026

Editorial: / 29 July 2026

We can’t fix social care without expelling the profiteers

29 July 2026

Prime Minister Andy Burnham during a visit to Alstom Transport in Derby, to unveil a change to the education system with the launch of new technical educational routes. The new pathways will provide 14-year-olds with early access to technical skills, work experience and connections with local employers, July 28, 2026

Editorial / 28 July 2026

Action Needed to Sustain Labour Poll Bounce

28 July 2026

A firefighter gestures next to burning trees as a wildfire rages near Marcheprime, outside, Bordeaux, France, July 26, 2026

Editorial / 27 July 2026

Climate change is an emergency – and the implications are radical

27 July 2026

An man dressed in body armour from the far-right anti-immigration protest, organised by Unite the Clans Scotland, at Glasgow Green, July 25, 2026

Editorial / 26 July 2026

Hard work and a united front are needed to force the far right off the streets

26 July 2026

Editorial / 24 July 2026

The hidden expansion of Britain’s nuclear strategy

24 July 2026

Defence Secretary Wes Streeting speaking at the Farnborough International Airshow in Hampshire, July 22, 2026

Editorial / 23 July 2026

The military contradiction at the heart of Burnham’s plans

23 July 2026

Prime Minister Andy Burnham is shown the driver's area on a FirstGroup bus during a visit to a bus station in Bath, Somerset to highlight what the government is doing to help families with the cost of living. Picture date: Wednesday July 22, 2026

Editorial / 22 July 2026

Burnham’s quick wins don’t indicate a plan for real reform

22 July 2026

Waiting for the grander vision to emerge

Newly appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey leaves number 11 Downing Street, London. New Prime Minister Andy Burnham has entered number 10 Downing Street and among his first tasks is the selection of his new Cabinet, July 20, 2026

Editorial / 21 July 2026

Burnham Cabinet gives cause for concern

21 July 2026

Red Cross volunteers carry an injured woman into an ambulance after a Russian strike in the Lukianivka neighbourhood of Kyiv, Ukraine, May 24, 2026

Editorial / 20 July 2026

A peace settlement is needed for Ukraine, not endless war

20 July 2026

Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, speaks to the media on College Green in Westminster, London, May 14, 2025

Editorial / 19 July 2026

Burnham knows what to do in Number 10: just keep his word

19 July 2026

Andy Burnham makes a speech at the launch of his campaign as Labour's candidate for the Makerfield by-election during a press conference at Stubshaw Cross Community and Sports Club in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester, May 22, 2026

Editorial / 17 July 2026

Burnham strikes the right note — but can he possibly deliver?

17 July 2026

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer meeting a group of people whose lives have been improved as a result of decisions made by the government, in Downing Street, London, before they attend his final Prime Minister's Questions, July 15, 2026

Editorial / 16 July 2026

Good riddance to Labour’s worst leader

16 July 2026

Andy Burnham MP with families of Hillsborough victims outside the House of Commons in London after the Public Office (Accountability) Bill, known as the Hillsborough Law, cleared the House of Commons. The law aims to prevent cover-ups by requiring officials to be transparent during investigations and inquiries into failures by the state, July 14 2026

Editorial / 15 July 2026

Burnham backing Mahmood is a political as well as moral failure

15 July 2026

US President Donald Trump speaks after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, July 13, 2026

Editorial / 14 July 2026

Trump To Blame For Renewed War in Gulf

14 July 2026

Canary Wharf in London

Editorial / 14 July 2026

Taxing bank profits isn’t enough – public ownership is needed

14 July 2026

A man holds an anti-Nigel Farage placard outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, central London. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has announced he will quit as the MP for Clacton and trigger a by-election, amid mounting pressure over unregistered donations of cash and support, July 8, 2026

Editorial / 12 July 2026

Farage’s gamble and a deepening crisis for Reform UK

12 July 2026

Palestine rights

Editorial / 10 July 2026

Burnham’s apology vindicates the Palestine movement. But will he stop the repression?

10 July 2026

Andy Burnham delivers a speech at the People's History Museum, Manchester, to pledge to give Britain the

Editorial / 9 July 2026

Burnham offers no change on war and peace

9 July 2026

Partners in crime: US President Donald Trump and Nato secretary-general Mark Rutte

Editorial / 8 July 2026

The Ankara summit exposes ugly truths about Nato

8 July 2026

Farage

Editorial / 7 July 2026

Unite to Defeat Farage in Clacton

7 July 2026

Andy Burnham makes a speech surrounded by supporters at the launch of his campaign as Labour's candidate for the Makerfield by-election during a press conference at Stubshaw Cross Community and Sports Club in Ashton-in-Makerfield, May 22, 2026

Editorial: / 6 July 2026

Josh Simons in Downing Street would poison a Burnham premiership from the start

6 July 2026

Donald Trump rants against communism at Mount Rushmore National Memorial on Friday

Editorial / 5 July 2026

Donald Trump says communism is a mortal threat. Why?

5 July 2026

NHS staff blockade the entrance to NHS England's headquarters in central London demanding the cancellation of its contract with Palantir, which campaign groups say supplies advanced technology to Israel's military, April 3, 2024

Editorial / 3 July 2026

Why Burnham needs pressing on the Palantir problem

3 July 2026

Labour party's Andy Burnham adjusts his glasses as he delivers a speech at the People's History Museum in Manchester, June 29, 2026

Editorial / 2 July 2026

Burnham must set new course in foreign policy

2 July 2026

Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham during a visit to IBM in Manchester, to announce a milestone for technical education across the city region, January 8, 2026

Editorial / 1 July 2026

Britain must choose investment over austerity

1 July 2026

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer during a visit to Malloy Aeronautics in Berkshire following the publication of the long-delayed defence investment plan (Dip), June 30, 2026

Editorial / 30 June 2026

Arms spending plan is a threat to our future

30 June 2026

Andy Burnham delivers a speech at the People's History Museum, Manchester, to pledge to give Britain the

Editorial / 29 June 2026

Burnham’s promise of ‘change’ will be judged on what comes next

29 June 2026

BIG IDEAS: Andy Burnham

Speech / 28 June 2026

Burnham’s got a long road ahead, and the left must keep up the pressure along the way

28 June 2026

Combine harvester

Editorial: / 26 June 2026

Militarism or the climate crisis? Challenging the propaganda

26 June 2026

Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte meets with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House, June 24, 2026

Editorial / 25 June 2026

Rutte blows gaffe on Iran war

25 June 2026

Andy Burnham makes a speech at the launch of his campaign as Labour's candidate for the Makerfield by-election during a press conference at Stubshaw Cross Community and Sports Club in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester, May 22, 2026

Labour leadership / 24 June 2026

The ruling-class pressures on Burnham intensify

24 June 2026

10 in Downing Street in London

Editorial / 23 June 2026

Left must not give Burnham a blank cheque

23 June 2026

Police remove protesters from outside the Royal Courts of Justice in central London after the Court of Appeal ruled that the decision to ban Palestine Action as a terror group was lawful. Picture date: Monday June 15, 2026

Editorial / 22 June 2026

Keir Starmer is going. But he has done lasting harm to the left and the whole country

22 June 2026

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks with local residents during a visit to a housing development project in north London to announce major reforms for families and first-time buyers to save time, money, and stress during the homebuying process, June 19, 2026

Editorial / 21 June 2026

Evicting Starmer is one thing – can the left deliver the economic reset Britain needs?

21 June 2026

Labour party candidate Andy Burnham is declared the winner of the Makerfield by-election which was triggered by the resignation of Josh Simons, June 19, 2026

Editorial / 19 June 2026

Makerfield: a chance to change politics, but only a chance

19 June 2026

Palestinians gather around a car hit in an Israeli strike in Gaza City, June 18, 2026

Editorial / 18 June 2026

Israel is an obstacle to the Middle East peace plan

18 June 2026

Campaign posters for Andy Burnham and for the Reform UK party are displayed in the town of Ashton-in-Makerfield before the forthcoming Makerfield by-election, in Greater Manchester, England, Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Editorial / 17 June 2026

Beat Reform in Makerfield – then turn to changing the government

17 June 2026

US President Donald Trump attends a meeting with France's President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the G7 summit, in Evian-les-Bains, France, June 15, 2026

Editorial / 16 June 2026

Iran deal is a defeat for the US empire

16 June 2026

Police remove protesters from outside the Royal Courts of Justice in central London after the Court of Appeal ruled that the decision to ban Palestine Action as a terror group was lawful, June 15, 2026

Editorial / 15 June 2026

Build a mass campaign to overturn the Palestine Action ban

15 June 2026

Andy burnham

Labour leadership / 14 June 2026

Burnham must go further to defeat toxic division of Britain

14 June 2026

Andy Burnham surrounded by Labour Party supporters at the launch of his campaign as Labour's candidate for the Makerfield by-election during a press conference at Stubshaw Cross Community and Sports Club in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester, May 22, 2026

Editorial / 12 June 2026

Back Andy Burnham in Makerfield

12 June 2026

Rupert Lowe attends a farmers protest in Whitehall, London, March 4, 2025

Editorial / 11 June 2026

Lowe is leading the right towards fascism

11 June 2026

Prime Minister Keir Starmer (left) and Defence Secretary John Healey stand in front of a UK Typhoon fighter jet at Tusas airbase in Ankara, during a visit to Turkey, October 27, 2025

Editorial / 11 June 2026

Healey’s exit shows Starmer’s bankruptcy

11 June 2026

Counter protesters demonstrate against protesters during an Enough is Enough protest outside the Highfield Hotel in Southampton, after a man from Sudan was arrested over a knife attack in Belfast, June 9, 2026

Editorial / 10 June 2026

Rebuilding mass anti-racism is now urgent

10 June 2026

US President Donald Trump is presented with the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize award by FIFA President Gianni Infantino during the 2026 FIFA World Cup draw at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, United States, December 5, 2025

Editorial / 9 June 2026

Boycott Trump’s World Cup

9 June 2026

A view of houses across Dover in Kent

Editorial / 8 June 2026

Housing policy failures leave the door open to the far right

8 June 2026

David lamb

Far-right protests / 7 June 2026

Roots, resistance and resources — the response to racists

7 June 2026

A demonstrator releases a smoke flare in front of a mural on Cable Street in the East End of London, which commemorates the Battle of Cable Street

Editorial / 5 June 2026

From Cable Street to today: unity against racism and fascism

5 June 2026

Rupert Lowe arrives at the Royal Courts of Justice in London ahead of his legal challenge against the parliamentary watchdog, February 17, 2026

Editorial / 4 June 2026

Restore’s rise is a menace to society

4 June 2026

People protest outside Southampton police station, June 2, 2026

Editorial / 3 June 2026

Confront far-right lies about ‘two-tier’ policing

3 June 2026

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage speaks to supporters at Chelmsford City Racecourse, Essex, following the 2026 local election results, May 8, 2026

Editorial / 2 June 2026

Unions must act politically to defeat Reform

2 June 2026

Peter Mandelson

Editorial / 1 June 2026

Murrell, Mandelson and our sleaze-ridden politics

1 June 2026

President Donald Trump attends a Cabinet meeting at the White House, May 27, 2026, in Washington

Editorial / 31 May 2026

Hyping up undersea cable threats cloaks our predatory alliance with Trump

31 May 2026

Attorney General Richard Hermer leaves 10 Downing Street, London, following a Cabinet meeting, March 26, 2025

Editorial / 29 May 2026

Why the Tories and Reform want to stop war-crime investigations

29 May 2026

Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets apprentices during a visit to Acton Works, a training facility in Chiswick, west London, following the publication of the interim Milburn Report into Young People and Work, May 28, 2026

Editorial / 28 May 2026

Starmer’s Britain and the betrayal of a generation

28 May 2026

Vladimir Putin

Editorial / 27 May 2026

The mood music in Moscow: Russia and the global South

27 May 2026

Tony Blair

Editorial / 27 May 2026

An ‘almost infinite capacity for self-delusion’? Look in the mirror, Blair

27 May 2026

Big Ben

Editorial / 26 May 2026

Nigel Farage, Josh Simons and The Guardian

26 May 2026

President Donald Trump walks from Marine One to board Air Force One at Morristown Airport, May 22, 2026, in Morristown, N.J.

Editorial / 25 May 2026

An end to the Iran war won’t stop US aggression. Britain must wake up

25 May 2026

Laptop

Editorial / 24 May 2026

Child rapes are on the rise — we must understand why to address that

24 May 2026

A marcher holds a framed composite image of Fidel Castro, Raul Castro and Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel, during the May Day parade at Revolution Square in Havana, May 1, 2025

Editorial / 22 May 2026

US threats to Cuba and Raul Castro must meet global defiance

22 May 2026

Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a Small Business Protections Bill meeting at number 10 Downing Street, London, May 19, 2026

Editorial / 21 May 2026

Unions must demand Labour Together probe

21 May 2026

Prime Minister Keir Starmer departs 10 Downing Street, London, to attend Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, May 20, 2026

Editorial / 20 May 2026

Starmer’s crisis and the search for a new class politics

20 May 2026

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham delivers the keynote speech at Centre for Cities event at the British Library in central London, March 4, 2026

Editorial / 19 May 2026

The left should not give Burnham a blank cheque

19 May 2026

First Minister of Wales Baroness (centre) after losing her seat in the 2026 Senedd elections at Ysgol Bro Teifi, in Ceredigion, May 8, 2026

Editorial / 18 May 2026

Challenges for Welsh unions in a post-Labour Wales

18 May 2026

Nakba Day march

Editorial / 17 May 2026

Nakba Day and the far right’s faltering mobilisation

17 May 2026

Labour Leader Keir Starmer (left) with Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham, during an event discussing suicide prevention to mark Mental Health Awareness Week, at the Houses of Parliament in London, May 18, 2022

Editorial / 15 May 2026

Labour and the myth of the twin extremes

15 May 2026

An aerial view of the offices of HSBC, Citi, JP Morgan and Barclays banks in Canary Wharf, east London

Editorial / 14 May 2026

Don’t let the bond market veto democracy

14 May 2026

Health Secretary Wes Streeting looks on as Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a speech during a visit to Elective Orthopaedic Centre in Epsom, Surrey, January 6, 2025

Editorial / 13 May 2026

Reshaping Labour’s agenda during and after a leadership contest

13 May 2026

Health Secretary Wes Streeting and Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a visit to Elective Orthopaedic Centre in Epsom, Surrey, January 6, 2025

Editorial / 12 May 2026

Starmer-Streeting row is about more of the same

12 May 2026

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer meets Labour Party members at Kingsdown Methodist Church Hall in Ealing, west London, May 8, 2026

Editorial / 11 May 2026

Starmer, Labour and the working class: a century-old dilemma

11 May 2026

Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaking to the media after meeting Labour Party members during a visit to AFC Wimbledon in south London, May 9, 2026

Editorial / 10 May 2026

Labour’s crisis runs deep — it needs a real debate on its future

10 May 2026

The vote count gets underway in the 2026 Senedd elections at Ysgol Bro Teifi, in Ceredigion. Picture date: Friday May 8, 2026

Editorial / 8 May 2026

The Morning Star view on the 2026 election results

8 May 2026

Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan and Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley speak to police officers during a walkabout in the West End of London, July 30, 2025

Editorial / 7 May 2026

Sadiq Khan must sack Mark Rowley

7 May 2026

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage being interviewed by the media after an eve of poll photocall at College Green, Westminster, on the last day of campaigning ahead of the local elections on Thursday, May 6, 2026

Editorial / 6 May 2026

Political fragmentation deepens as Britain goes to the polls

6 May 2026

A worker outside Tata Steel's Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales, as around 3,000 jobs are at risk at the plant as part of a planned restructuring, September 15, 2023

Editorial / 5 May 2026

The labour movement must demand more than subsidies

5 May 2026

People on Westminster Bridge as they take part in a Palestine Solidarity Campaign march in central London, October 11, 2025

Editorial / 4 May 2026

Cynicism and lies behind bid to ban Palestine protest

4 May 2026

Soldiers attend an event marking International Workers' Day at Jose Marti Anti-Imperialist Square in Havana, Cuba, May 1, 2026

Editorial / 3 May 2026

Defy Trump, resist imperialism and stand with socialist Cuba

3 May 2026

The scene in Golders Green, north-west London, after two men - one aged in his 70s and another in his 30s - were stabbed on Wednesday morning

Editorial / 1 May 2026

The Golders Green attacks and the state’s response

1 May 2026

People take part in a May Day march on Aldwych in London

Editorial / 1 May 2026

Working people of all countries, unite!

1 May 2026

Israeli soldiers operate in southern Lebanon, as seen from northern Israel, Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Editorial / 29 April 2026

Imperialist delusions drive Britain towards an economic precipice

29 April 2026

Artist Kaya Mar has his last paintings referring to Keir Starmer and Peter Mandelson on display in London, April 20, 2026

Editorial / 28 April 2026

Moral clarity versus Morgan McSweeney

28 April 2026

Striking refuse workers outside Perry Barr depot in Birmingham, April 28, 2026

Editorial / 28 April 2026

15 months on the picket line: how unity won in Birmingham

28 April 2026

Wales Green Party Leader Anthony Slaughter, Reform UK's Dan Thomas, Welsh Labour Leader and First Minister Eluned Morgan, Plaid Cymru of leader Rhun ap Iorwerth, Welsh Conservative leader Darren Millar and Welsh Liberal Democrat Leader Jane Dodds

Editorial / 26 April 2026

Attention turns to Wales: Labour's long-term control under threat

26 April 2026

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage speaking at Dodworth Central Social club in Barnsley, April 22, 2026

Editorial / 24 April 2026

The left must do all it can to keep Reform UK out

24 April 2026

A US Air Force B-1 bomber is loaded with bombs at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, March 16, 2026

Editorial / 23 April 2026

Scottish TUC arms vote welcome

23 April 2026

President Donald Trump (left) gets a reaction from Britian's ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson (right), in the Oval Office of the White House, May 8, 2025, in Washington

Editorial / 22 April 2026

Look beyond Mandelson: Trump, and the US alliance, are the bigger picture

22 April 2026

Prime Minister Keir Starmer departs 10 Downing Street, London, to make a statement in the House of Commons, April 20, 2026

Editorial / 21 April 2026

Clear out Labour Together gang

21 April 2026

Prime Minister Keir Starmer departs 10 Downing Street, London, to make a statement in the House of Commons, April 20, 2026

Editorial / 20 April 2026

Don’t let Starmer talk himself out of this scandal

20 April 2026

College lecturers from across Scotland gather at a rally outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh following a morning on the picket line at their college campuses after walking out on strike action as a long-running dispute over pay and jobs continues. Picture date: Thursday February 29, 2024

Editorial / 19 April 2026

Scotland needs a new trajectory — can its unions point the way?

19 April 2026

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at a press conference after a multinational coalition summit to facilitate shipping in the Strait of Hormuz once the US-Iran war ends, at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris, France, April 17, 2026

Editorial / 18 April 2026

Starmer’s perfect storm

18 April 2026

Goods at a food bank

Editorial / 16 April 2026

Food crisis is the price of Trump’s war

16 April 2026

People take part in a march organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, from Russell Square to Whitehall in central London, June 21, 2025

Editorial / 15 April 2026

Suppressing protest won’t save the government or Labour Party

15 April 2026

Peter Magyar, leader of the opposition Tisza party, waves the Hungarian flag following the announcement of the partial results of the parliamentary election in Budapest, Hungary, April 12, 2026

Editorial / 14 April 2026

Hungary and great power rivalry

14 April 2026

Former defence secretary George Robertson arrives in Downing Street, London, for a Cabinet meeting, January 16, 2024

Editorial / 14 April 2026

Robertson has exposed truth - It’s warfare or welfare

14 April 2026

Central London following the UK-EU Summit, May 19, 2025

Editorial / 13 April 2026

Alignment with the EU won’t help workers — and is a political trap for the left

13 April 2026

A worker cleans the street as police officers walks towards their vehicle outside a media center close to Serena Hotel, the venue for the U.S. Iran officials meeting, in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 12, 2026

Editorial / 12 April 2026

Talks were inconclusive. But forcing the US to the table has changed the world for the better

12 April 2026

People take part in a Together for Palestine march organised by Palestine Coalition, in central London, March 28, 2026

Editorial / 10 April 2026

Cost-of-living protests are coming — but can the left lead them?

10 April 2026

Rescuers carry an injured man from a destroyed building that was hit in an Israeli airstrike in central Beirut, Lebanon, April 8, 2026

Editorial / 9 April 2026

Israel will keep this war going unless it is stopped

9 April 2026

President Donald Trump departs after speaking with reporters during a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, April 6, 2026, in Washington

Editorial / 8 April 2026

The Iran ceasefire and the limits of US imperial power

8 April 2026

President Donald Trump gestures while speaking with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, April 6, 2026, in Washington

Editorial / 7 April 2026

Trump’s crimes are an abomination. So is Starmer’s complicity

7 April 2026

Ant-war protesters outside RAF Lakenheath, April 4 2026 [Neil Terry Photography]

Editorial / 6 April 2026

Stand with the Lakenheath peace camp – end our complicity in Trump’s war

6 April 2026

Junior doctors and members of the British Medical Association (BMA) outside St Thomas' Hospital, London, January 3, 2024

Editorial / 3 April 2026

Why the doctors’ strike matters to all trade unionists

3 April 2026

Members of the National Education Union (NEU) hold a rally at Old Palace Yard, in Westminster, London, January 29, 2025

Editorial / 2 April 2026

Labour can’t afford to ignore the anger across our education workforce

2 April 2026

FW Pomeroy's Statue of Justice stands atop the Central Criminal Court building, Old Bailey, London

Editorial / 1 April 2026

Solidarity on trial – how the state is redefining the right to protest

1 April 2026