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
AFTER the excitement of the Labour surge in the general election last year it would be easy to feel disheartened by political debate recently and the renewed attacks on Jeremy Corbyn.
At a time when we have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to secure a transformative Labour government, parts of the party seem to be relishing the opportunity to attack not the Conservatives but their own leadership.
And, of course, the right-wing media is all too ready to amplify this while showing little concern for the effects of eight years of Conservative-led government across the country.
US-based labour and social movements authors and organisers Robert Ovetz and James Tracy interview DANIEL GROSS about his new book, Unions of Our Own: Eight Building Blocks to Change Work and the World
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
With ‘Your Party’ holding its founding conference in Liverpool this weekend, JEREMY CORBYN speaks to Morning Star editor Ben Chacko about its potential, its priorities — and a few of its controversies too
CWU leader DAVE WARD tells Ben Chacko a strategy to unite workers on class lines is needed – and sectoral collective bargaining must be at its heart



