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
Monday 14th Oct 2024 Reparations are needed to combat resurgent racism As Black History Month brings renewed focus on the fight against racial inequality, LUKE DANIELS argues that understanding slavery’s legacy and demanding financial reparations are key to defeating modern racism
Monday 14th Oct 2024 Building a peaceful, nuclear-free tomorrow Overcoming US global dominance is key: the Star publishes a speech from SOPHIE BOLT, from Saturday’s CND World We Want conference
Monday 14th Oct 2024 Verdict on 100 days of Starmer’s government. The voters have already said No A Tory-lite Labour Party is clearly unpopular with the electorate who are desperate to see actual improvement to Britain’s decimated public services, writes JOE GILL
Monday 14th Oct 2024 Why women are still losing out in the mental health system PROFESSOR LINDA GASK spoke to Ruth Hunt from her home in Orkney about her new book, Out of Her Mind: How We Are Failing Women’s Mental Health and What Must Change
Saturday 12th Oct 2024 Trade unionists stand in solidarity with Palestine PETER LEARY looks ahead to next weekend’s Palestine Solidarity Campaign conference, to discuss how to put pressure on governments and institutions to stop arming Israel and turn strategy into action
Saturday 12th Oct 2024 Aw That Scottish politics: a cycle of goading and blame MATT KERR argues that endless constitutional squabbles and feigned outrage over symbolic slights distract from real issues, as both SNP and opposition parties shirk responsibility for using the powers they already have
Saturday 12th Oct 2024 On assisted suicide, do you trust your heart or your head? Emotional appeals for assisted suicide overlook crucial policy implications and safeguarding issues, writes KEVIN YUILL, looking at the worrying data from the countries where it is already legal
Saturday 12th Oct 2024 ‘We stand against the widening of war in the Middle East’ A joint statement supported by 49 communist and workers’ parties calls for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza and Lebanon, the release of prisoners and concrete steps towards a sovereign Palestinian state within 1967 borders
Friday 11th Oct 2024 The New Deal for Workers – a focus on ‘rights’ but what about power? Labour’s long-awaited Employment Rights Bill does not do nearly enough to remove the restraints on trade unions or to give them the powers they need to make a significant difference to the lives of the millions of workers, write KEITH EWING and Lord JOHN HENDY KC
Friday 11th Oct 2024 Florence factory workers light the way for green industrial struggle Comrades from a British solidarity network highlight how an automotive factory occupation in Italy shows how worker-led militancy can challenge both job losses and environmental destruction
