Donald Trump’s inauguration has emboldened fascists in Britain, warns SABBY DHALU
The thrust of Labour’s October Budget is precisely what the country needs
There is a lot to be said for Labour’s first Budget in 14 years, says FAWZI IBRAHIM, arguing that rebuilding the country’s infrastructure and its industrial base through wealth creation is the antidote to a capitalism in absolute decline
NICK WRIGHT examines the British ruling class's complex relationship with fascism before, during and after the second world war
MARC VANDEPITTE looks at dangerous developments in a war that has killed millions, but attracts little attention in the West
Some hard political choices must be made in Trump’s post-truth era – starting by abandoning any illusions about the ‘special relationship’ and waking up to the need for bold policy-making on the climate, argues ALAN SIMPSON
TIM CROSLAND of Plan B and Defend Our Juries talks to Morning Star’s Ceren Sagir about the legal mechanisms behind Britain’s crackdown on protest rights
The new US administration’s policy decisions are already having seismic effects worldwide, argue ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
What we are seeing now in the policing of Gaza protests is a manifestation of an authoritarianism that the government intends to inflict on our country, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
THE ELECTION of a Labour government committed to rebuilding the foundation of the country and its economy has rattled the right-wing press, which is now hell-bent on destabilising the newly elected government.
With their attempt to manufacture a “giftgate” scandal around some clothing bought, glasses worn, and flats borrowed by Keir Starmer and Taylor Swift concerts hospitality for senior members of the government failing to get traction, they turned to the Budget.
“Nightmare on Downing Street” was the Daily Telegraph’s verdict. Not to be outdone, The Sun called it a “Halloween horror show.”
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The reliance on political parties to bring about socialist change in Britain has proved a total failure says FAWZI IBRAHIM. Time for the true representatives of the working class, the trade unions, to take a direct role in asserting their will on the government of the day
We have been fighting things getting worse — what is needed is to fight to get things better, and that requires a radical change in mindset, writes national officer of Rebuild Britain FAWZI IBRAHIM
Introducing a new paper from Rebuild Britain, FAWZI IBRAHIM argues that it is high time for the working class to drop the Labour Party as its vehicle for change, and take economic matters directly into its own hands
FAWZI IBRAHIM argues that there will be no significant economic progress unless we re-invest in Britain's manufacturing base and find ways for reducing our dependence on the whims of private finance via state-run banks
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In the first of two articles, ROBERT GRIFFITHS argues that despite a parliamentary majority, Labour’s timid Budget fails to seize a historic opportunity and lacks the ambition needed to address Britain’s deep social and economic crises
The first Budget of the Labour government falls far short of addressing Wales’s needs, maintaining austerity-era policies while providing inadequate funding for critical services and infrastructure, writes LUKE FLETCHER MS
‘Labour’s plans to spend more on the NHS, schools and housing welcome. But budget falls far short of what a real government for workers should do’