Councillor SAM WHEELER says there’s a tangible shift in mood on the left in the city whose mayor has recently become PM — but there’s no room for complacency
A present from Grandfather Frost
PETER FROST says an early ‘Happy Christmas’ and has a seasonal gift for all Morning Star readers
Communist Party leaders Alex Gordon and Lorraine Douglas deliver vital medicines in trip to besieged socialist island
TUC Cymru is playing a leading role in tackling far-right ideas in the workplace, says LAURA DOEL
A New Delhi press conference in which Sheikh Hasina and her son implied the new order in Bangladesh is a security threat to India has sparked fears she is planning a comeback. SIAM SAROWER JAMIL reports on the fallout
Two months of student unrest have forced out India’s education minister and rattled the BJP regime. Could this be the beginning of the end for Modi, asks Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary MA BABY
MAT COWARD says the heatwave is a testing time for gardeners — but he has some tips
OK, so I know it’s still a few days until Christmas and I also know that the bloke they call Jesus was actually born in September or perhaps March.
However the winter solstice has always been immensely important, so it is no wonder early Christians adopted December 25 as their messiah’s birthday.
If by the solstice — the shortest day of the year — ancient people knew they still had stores of food, they had a good chance of surviving until the next spring. That was certainly worth celebrating.
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