From Palestine, to racism, to fiscal rules and migrant rights, DIANE ABBOTT surveys some of the main themes of Labour conference this week
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Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO outlines the role and challenges facing the Daily Miracle in a world growing dark
We must remember how the CPGB led anti-fascist movement defeated Mosley’s BUF in September 1936 and apply the lessons of mass mobilisation and open, unapologetic confrontation to the rise of the far right today, writes DYLAN MURPHY
On the anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street, DAVID ROSENBERG reflects on his encounters with those who were there that day in 1936 – and suggests two urgent tasks for the anti-fascists of today
The basic human requirement of having a roof over one’s head is being undermined by West Northamptonshire Council – but local anti-cuts campaigners are rising above the divisive Farageist rhetoric to build unity and fight back, reports DAVID CONWAY
BEN CHACKO hears from a variety of speakers at Labour conference about the broken political system, the hatred propagated by super-wealthy tycoons, the importance of physically mobilising against the far right and the role of unions and working people in fighting back
Morning Star campaigns manager CALVIN TUCKER encourages readers to get behind our five-year plan to keep the Star shining brightly as the paper approaches its 100th anniversary
THIS weekend, local demonstrations for Palestine will take place up and down the country.
At many of them you may see a supporter handing out Morning Stars. That tells you two things about our newspaper: that it is an agitational activist’s tool, providing those fighting for peace and socialism with the information and arguments to take to the movement; and that its promotion rests very heavily on its readers, who through readers’ and supporters’ groups nationwide help to sell, distribute and raise funds to keep the Daily Miracle going.
Other papers are handed out at demos — but the Morning Star is the only daily socialist newspaper in the English-speaking world. We will often do a free distribution at major events, but our survival relies on regular paying readers, both in print through shops (any newsagent will order it in for you if you ask, while home news delivery is increasingly available across Britain) and through online subscription. And we need more of them.
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