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The Morning Star 2026 Conference
President Donald Trump steps off Air Force One, March 20, 2026, at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla.
Editorial / 22 March 2026
22 March 2026
Smoke and flames rise from an Israeli airstrike that hit the Qasmiyeh Bridge near the coastal city of Tyre, Lebanon, March 22, 2026
Middle East / 22 March 2026
22 March 2026
Demonstrators during a Stop The War Coalition 'Stop Bombing Iran Day Of Action', protesting against the US-Israel war in Iran, Israeli incursions in Lebanon and the occupation of Palestine in Russell Square, London, March 21, 2026
Britain / 22 March 2026
22 March 2026
A woman accompanies a student to school in Havana, Cuba, Friday, March 13, 2026
Latin America / 21 March 2026
21 March 2026

DIANE ABBOTT says the socialist island has played an outsized role in the fight against racism worldwide — we must stand by it as Trump tries to choke it to death

Sunderland's Brian Brobbey (right) scores their side's second goal of the game during the Premier League match at St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, March 22, 2026
Men’s football / 22 March 2026
22 March 2026
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood during a visit to the Centre Sandholm migrant dention centre in Sandholmgardsvej on the outskirts of Copenhagen, February 27, 2026
Migrant Rights / 21 March 2026
21 March 2026

Changing visa rules are pushing young migrant workers into precarious work and exploitation, report NUPUR PALIWAL and SOMIHA CHATTERJEE of the Student Federation of India

Protesters takes part in a demonstration organised by CND, Stop the War, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Muslim Association of Britain, Palestinian Forum in Britain and Friends of Al-Aqsa, at the US Embassy in London, March 7, 2026
Peace / 20 March 2026
20 March 2026

With thousands of civilians killed and the global economy in crisis, campaigners warn that the US and Israel risk dragging the entire world into its disastrous war on Iran. ‘Starmer needs to end British support for this catastrophe,’ CND says

The Rebirth of the African Phoenix, by Roger McKenzie
Office workers at their desks in London
TUC Young Workers’ Conference 2026 / 22 March 2026
22 March 2026
A Job Centre Plus shop in central Portsmouth, Hampshire
TUC Young Workers’ Conference 2026 / 22 March 2026
22 March 2026
People spend the night in the dark on the Malecon during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, March 21, 2026
Cuba / 22 March 2026
22 March 2026
People look at a residential building damaged after a Russian drone strike in Odesa, Ukraine, March 19, 2026
Russia-Ukraine / 22 March 2026
22 March 2026
Police secure the way to a site where two residential buildings collapsed in Istanbul, March 22, 2026
World / 22 March 2026
22 March 2026
From left, candidate of La France Insoumise, Sophia Chikirou, French socialist candidate Emmanuel Gregoire, and Conservative candidate, Rachida Dati, pose prior to a TV debate between the two rounds of the Paris municipal elections, March 18, 2026
Western Europe / 20 March 2026
20 March 2026
Free will-writing service
 People take part in the counter-protest, organised by Stand Up to Racism, to the
Anti-Racism / 21 March 2026
21 March 2026

LOUISE RAW talks to Sabby Dhalu, Kevin Courtney and Steve Wright about why we should all join next weekend’s march against the far right in London

A woman accompanies a student to school in Havana, Cuba, Friday, March 13, 2026
Latin America / 21 March 2026
21 March 2026

DIANE ABBOTT says the socialist island has played an outsized role in the fight against racism worldwide — we must stand by it as Trump tries to choke it to death

An anti-racism 'Unity Over Division' counter-protest in Belfast city centre, expected to take place from 4.30pm to 7pm - it is one of two protests expected in the area on Friday, the other being a separate far-right protest, which has been shared on social media and is expected to take place at City Hall from 5pm, August 9, 2024
Anti-Fascism / 21 March 2026
21 March 2026

GAWAIN LITTLE looks at the causes of the far-right resurgence and explains how the General Federation of Trade Unions is helping to combat it

Dave Pike, North East, Yorkshire & Humber TUC regional secretary
Workers' Rights / 21 March 2026
21 March 2026

As delegates from the north-east, Yorkshire & Humber meet this weekend in Durham, TUC regional secretary DAVE PIKE speaks to Ben Chacko about the challenges ahead

Members of the POA, the trade union for prison staff, protesting outside HMP Bedford after a damning report warned of a ‘dangerous lack of control’ at the jail, September 2018
Workers' Rights / 21 March 2026
21 March 2026

Prison Officers’ Association general secretary and TUC president STEVE GILLAN looks at what’s missing from the Employment Rights Act, and why we need further legislation

A building collapses as smoke rises following an Israeli strike in central Beirut, Lebanon, March 18, 2026
War / 21 March 2026
21 March 2026

Militarism and war cannot be separated from ‘bread and butter issues,’ argues MICAELA TRACEY-RAMOS — opposing them is central to trade unionism

Northampton Saints' director of rugby Phil Dowson on the pitch during the warm up before the Gallagher Premiership match at the cinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardens, Northampton, March 21, 2026
Men’s rugby union / 22 March 2026
22 March 2026
Josh Kerr of Great Britain during the Men's 1500m Final on day five of the 2025 World Athletics Championships at Japan National Stadium, Tokyo, September 17, 2025
Athletics / 22 March 2026
22 March 2026
Venezuela fans celebrate a day after their team's victory over the United States in the championship match of the World Baseball Classic, at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, March 18, 2026
Men's Baseball / 20 March 2026
20 March 2026

If the United States wants international success in a game it built, maybe it should embrace the joy of the game rather than the unnecessary military pageantry, writes JAMES NALTON

27/09/25 of England's players celebrate as Zoe Aldcroft lifts the Women's Rugby World trophy after the Women's Rugby World Cup final at the Allianz Stadium, London
Women's Rugby Union / 20 March 2026
20 March 2026
living
Theatre Review / 20 March 2026
20 March 2026

GEOFF BOTTOMS relishes a profoundly human portrait of a family as it evolves across 55 years in Sheffield

ruth
Theatre Review / 20 March 2026
20 March 2026

PAUL DONOVAN applauds an excellently crafted new musical that explores the life and death of Ruth Ellis

insanities
Book Review / 20 March 2026
20 March 2026

PAUL DONOVAN is tickled by the excruciating take-downs of one of the funniest, wittiest, political writers around.

Kissinger
Book Review / 20 March 2026
20 March 2026

RON JACOBS points out, via a transcription of Kissinger’s secret recordings, that Trump could never have existed without Nixon and Kissinger

only cure
Book Review / 20 March 2026
20 March 2026

ELLIS RAE is persuaded that the advantages of the ‘talking cure’ are superior to the treatment of mental illness with drugs

round up
Cinema / 19 March 2026
19 March 2026

JOHN GREEN, MICHAL BONCZA and BELLA KATZ review The Good Boy, Broken English, and Don't Be Prey