City of temples hosts the 24th congress of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) As a delegate to the party’s 24th congress, HARSEV BAINS connects historical threads from Harry Pollitt’s 1954 visit to today’s challenges of building left unity against corporate-backed Hindu nationalism
Tuesday 21st May 2024 Wales TUC Congress 2024 Let’s drive all profit out of social care Unison has found that millions of pounds that should be invested in vital care services are being siphoned off by private equity groups — this has to end, warns JESS TURNER
Tuesday 21st May 2024 From the Mullivaikkal massacre to the horrors of Gaza The Tamil genocide 15 years ago shows governments are refusing to enable justice and apply the lessons to the Gaza genocide today, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE MP
Monday 20th May 2024 The Tory Megacrapolis Francis Ford Coppola’s latest film centred on a ‘New Rome’ gets STEPHEN ARNELL wondering about the similarities between lame-duck PM Sunak and one of the last Roman emperors, Honorius
Monday 20th May 2024 The promise that could seal Assange’s fate There have been assurances that Assange does not face the death penalty, but no clear answer as to whether the US first amendment will apply to him; regardless, he should be released and returned to Australia, writes TIM DAWSON
Monday 20th May 2024 Aslef is defying the Strikes Act MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ union, writes for the Morning Star on the eve of his union’s annual conference in Manchester from Monday 20 to Friday May 24
Monday 20th May 2024 Gaza policy highlights our democratic deficit MICK WHITLEY MP explains why he has put forward an early day motion calling on the Foreign Secretary to make himself accountable to MPs over the appalling brutality in Gaza and for an immediate suspension to arms exports to Israel
Thursday 23rd May 2024 The People’s Forum NYC: an inspiration The professional and modern ‘movement incubator for working-class and marginalised communities’ in a smart building in New York’s Midtown is a shining example of what we should aspire to build in Britain, writes ROGER McKENZIE
Thursday 23rd May 2024 British youth against imperialism The pro-Palestine movement shows that with our creativity and drive, young workers can bridge the gap between single-issue campaigns and the class struggle, writes general secretary of the Young Communist League GEORGINA ANDREWS
Saturday 18th May 2024 Uhuru: African self-liberation In his latest book on the fight for African freedom in light of the now rapid rise of the global South, Roger McKenzie addresses several distinct but complementary audiences, writes NICK WRIGHT
Saturday 18th May 2024 Green shoots are growing The Labour Party’s rightward shift has given space for the Greens to flourish, meaning they could emerge as the primary voice of British left-wing politics, writes CHRIS JARVIS
