File photo dated 19/05/17 of Julian Assange speaking from the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy in London
PRITI PATEL’S decision to approve the extradition of Julian Assange is an attack on press freedom which will have grave consequences for journalists everywhere.
As unions rally for the first national TUC demonstration in years, we must be clear that the government’s attacks on democracy are aimed at suppressing the labour movement — and that the state persecution of Assange is part of that attack on democracy.
Unions are mobilising because workers are being systematically robbed. As new research from Unite proves, the soaring inflation hitting working-class households in the pocket is directly linked to the swelling profits of giant corporations.
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As advertising drains away, newsrooms shrink and local papers disappear, MIKE WAYNE argues that the market model for news is broken – and that public-interest alternatives, rooted in democratic accountability, are more necessary than ever
BEN CHACKO says in different ways, the centenary of the General Strike and that of Fidel Castro’s birth point to priority tasks for the British left in the coming year
Speaking to the Morning Star’s Ceren Sagir, general secretary of the National Union of Journalists LAURA DAVISON outlines the threats to journalism from Palestine to Britain, and the unique challenges confronting the industry through the rise of AI
Secret consultation documents finally released after the Morning Star’s two-year freedom of information battle show the Home Office misrepresented public opinion, claiming support for policies that most respondents actually strongly criticised as dangerous and unfair, writes SOLOMON HUGHES