In part III of a serialisation of his new book, JOHN McINALLY tells the extraordinary story of the attempts by ‘moderates’ to prevent leftwinger Mark Serwotka from taking the leadership of the then-newly formed PCS union
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‘The only prospect other than victory was slavery – enslavement for generations’
Daniel Powell talks to D-Day veteran JIM RADFORD about that momentous event of the second world war and why he subsequently went on to campaign for the peace movement and against homelessness
Supply landings at Omaha Beach, mid-June 1944
Trade unionists must raise our voices not only for justice and against occupation, but also to protect our fundamental right to protest, writes LOUISE REGAN, ahead of a not-to-be-missed PSC conference
As the PM and his chief of staff’s blunders have mounted up, ANDREW MURRAY wonders who among Labour’s diminished ‘soft left’ might make a bid for the leadership
The multiple crises this country is facing are policy-driven – and more of the same won’t turn things around, argues DIANE ABBOTT MP
If we want to do better than before then we have to learn from all our experiences – good and bad – and bring those to bear today, writes KEVIN OVENDEN
Morning Star campaigns manager CALVIN TUCKER gives the latest of his fortnightly updates on the all-important 95th Anniversary Appeal
AT FIRST glance, the picturesque French coastal town of Arromanches in Normandy is a quiet, peaceful place; yet it holds a remarkable history.
Above its beaches where children play happily building sandcastles in the summer breeze, the coastal clifftops are profoundly indented with shell-battered bunkers, the concrete and steel remnants bearing the scars of a most epic 20th-century event — D-Day, June 6 1944.
As world leaders meet for the 75th anniversary commemorations, French families will warmly fete elderly British veterans gathering at their inns, recalling the town’s longest day.
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