A new multipolar world or a new cold war? Latin America, China and the rising global South

Long having been considered the ‘US’s backyard,’ Latin America is the crucible of anti-imperialist struggle – yet with the rise of China as an economic and ideological counterweight to Washington, we see a new phase of that struggle emerge, writes BEN CHACKO 

Adelante! Trump, Latin America and the world: an inspiring and empowering conference

BEN CHACKO appreciates the largest Adelante! conference yet, and how much there was to learn about decolonisation and defiance across Latin America and beyond

Interview ‘Our focus is peace’

Ben Chacko talks to Bundestag member for the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance, SEVIM DAGDELEN, about the continuing war in Ukraine, the economic crisis, controversies over immigration, the failings of Germany’s liberalised prostitution policy, and the importance of free speech

Trump's trade wars should prompt U-turn in Labour economic policy, say communists

TRUMP’S trade wars and vanishing growth prospects demand a U-turn in economic policy from Labour, the Communist Party said today.

Scottish Labour ‘cannot get rid of its biggest problem – Keir Starmer,’ former MSP warns after dire polling figures

POLLS showing Scottish Labour is likely to lose seats at the next Holyrood election are a “disaster” for the party, a former Labour MSP warns — but

Interview ‘It's crucial to keep the Palestine movement on the streets’

Stop the War Coalition vice-chair CHRIS NINEHAM speaks to Ben Chacko about the repression of Palestine protests, civil liberties and the left's priority tasks

We will ‘break your climate of fear’, peace activists warn police and politicians

Grasping the will for radical change

Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO reports from the annual Rosa Luxemburg Conference held last weekend in Berlin

German police attack Palestine bloc on annual procession to Luxemburg and Liebknecht's graves

GERMAN police attacked the annual march to the graves of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht today, targeting marchers expressing solidarity with Pa

Scottish Labour will abstain on Scottish budget – for not lifting Westminster Labour's two-child benefit cap fast enough

SCOTTISH Labour will abstain on the Budget, its leader Anas Sarwar said today.