Now at 115,000 members and in some polls level with Labour in terms of public support, CHRIS JARVIS looks at the factors behind the rapid rise of the Greens, internal and external
Deadly generation game
Routine ridiculing, degradation and blaming of old people in the cultural mainstream has allowed the government to treat us as collateral damage – but sadly this mean-spirited ageism has infected parts of the left too, writes JULIA BARD
Witnessing a war of words at a meeting on tackling militarism at The World Transformed, BEN COWLES spoke to a union rep who is organising against war from inside the arms industry itself, to hear about worker-led solutions to ending weapons production
FRANCISCO DOMINGUEZ, ROGER D HARRIS and JOHN PERRY contrast Trump’s warships and F-35 fighters threatening Venezuela with the $20bn bailout for Milei’s collapsed economy, all enabled by a highly ideological IMF
KAY GREEN explains how the Middle East and colonialism were explored at at last weekend’s FiLiA conference
ROS SITWELL reports from Europe’s largest feminist conference – hosted this year in Brighton
Morning Star campaigns manager CALVIN TUCKER gives an update on the drive to raise £95,000 to see the people’s paper keep fighting the good fight against the rich and powerful
ONE of the greatest strengths of the Labour Party is the age range of its activists.
In my constituency the friendships we’ve forged through canvassing, campaigning and protesting in the streets have breached the boundaries imposed by a prevailing view that we should be stratified and defined by age.
At the same time, the right-wing press continues its long tradition of ridiculing, patronising and stereotyping old people, an approach which fits nicely with marketing strategies that slice society into “generations.”
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