How workers fought US slavery and earned Abraham Lincoln’s gratitude PETER LAZENBY reports on how trade unionists in Manchester are to celebrate the role of the city’s cotton industry workers in the fight for the abolition of slavery in the US civil war
Thursday 09th May 2024 With Banners Held High 2024 A celebration of the labour and trade union movement will take to the streets of Wakefield in Yorkshire on Saturday, writes Morning Star northern reporter PETER LAZENBY
Thursday 21st Nov 2024 Orgreave: it’s not over yet The 40th anniversary of the 1984-5 miners’ strike will bring renewed demands for an inquiry into the brutal police attack on miners at Orgreave in South Yorkshire. PETER LAZENBY reports
Monday 04th Mar 2024 The incredible legacy of women in the miners’ strike still shines Women gathered in Durham on Saturday March 2 to celebrate their role in the miners’ strike of 1984-5 – and what a celebration it was, writes Morning Star northern reporter PETER LAZENBY
Friday 15th Dec 2023 Menwith: key structure to US snooping THE US spy base RAF Menwith Hill is easily identifiable by dozens of huge domes, often referred to as giant golf balls, spread across a vast acreag
Friday 01st Dec 2023 Mick Whelan: ‘Our members remain strong’ As train drivers prepare for their next round of industrial action, the Aslef general secretary talks to Morning Star reporter PETER LAZENBY
Monday 30th Oct 2023 Industrial Almost 700 workers sacked after Safestyle enters administration Yorkshire workers sacked via text message
Wednesday 04th Oct 2023 Stella Assange: we all need to be there on Day X ‘Day X,’ the final extradition hearing, is now approaching for journalist Julian Assange, his wife tells Morning Star reporter PETER LAZENBY, and all available support must be mobilised
Tuesday 03rd Oct 2023 Conservative Party Conference 2023 Police protest stop: Asian woman ‘singled out’ Passengers on a coach travelling from London to Sunday’s People’s Assembly protest against the Tory conference in Manchester were left traumatised by a police operation, reports PETER LAZENBY
Saturday 16th Sep 2023 From Shu’fat refugee camp to the Orkney Islands Five Palestinians from a refugee camp near Jerusalem are telling their stories on a tour of Britain as guests of Unite Community. Morning Star northern reporter PETER LAZENBY meets them in Yorkshire
Tuesday 12th Sep 2023 How the British left sheltered Pinochet’s victims Fifty years ago, Britain’s unions and left sprang into action to help refugees from Chile. What happened is an example for our movement today, writes Morning Star northern reporter PETER LAZENBY
