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
Sunday 22nd Sep 2024 Labour Conference 2024 Where is Britain going? The government mantra that ‘things will only get worse’ is almost designed to fuel the far right – and grim warnings from Europe suggest Britain’s future direction of travel too, says DIANE ABBOTT MP
Saturday 21st Sep 2024 Gardening Introducing skirret – a long-forgotten vegetable Despite being tasty and nutritious, this root veg did not fit into the capitalist mould, so never won the popularity of the more durable potato, writes MAT COWARD
Saturday 21st Sep 2024 Class, nation and socialism: 10 years on VINCE MILLS reflects on the Scottish independence referendum of 2014 which took place in a period of austerity following the great banking crash of 2007-08 and with deindustrialisation in full swing – a context of relevance today
Sunday 22nd Sep 2024 Labour Conference 2024 From Kashmir to Colombia, Cuba’s medical internationalism continues Despite cruel US sanctions, Cuba continues to offer global humanitarian aid and support peace processes, writes KIM JOHNSON MP, urging others to follow Unison’s lead in practical solidarity with the besieged socialist island
Sunday 22nd Sep 2024 Labour Conference 2024 Labour in power must remember who it represents IAN LAVERY MP looks at the first months of Labour government and warns a new approach is needed if it is to reshape Britain
Thursday 19th Sep 2024 Exiles from tomorrow: Cuba in a time of struggle In Havana’s streets, where past and future dance, PAWEL WARGAN traces the island’s unwavering socialist commitment, a torch lighting the path for liberation movements from Angola’s battlefields to Palestine's besieged streets
Friday 20th Sep 2024 Israel’s war aims are not ours Labour must recognise Israel’s true aims of total colonisation of Palestine and massive regional expansion — and therefore end the arms sales and trade deals that enable the destruction of any two-state solution, writes HUGH LANNING
Friday 20th Sep 2024 Green Finance Institute: much ‘finance,’ little green SOLOMON HUGHES reveals how one of the organisations shaping Labour’s investment plans was created by Tories and bankers, looking like a slightly green-flecked PFI vehicle instead of a body for proper investment
Sunday 22nd Sep 2024 Labour Conference 2024 We can act now to hold down fuel prices this winter JON TRICKETT MP says the tools already exist to stop price-gouging by the energy fat cats
Friday 20th Sep 2024 Why we have to raise the cover price of the Morning Star at the end of this month Editor BEN CHACKO says the cumulative impact of a couple of years of very high inflation have now hit the people's paper despite modest rises in income
