As food and fuel run out, Gaza’s doctors appeal to the world to end the ‘genocide of children,’ reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
The ideals of the Levellers are alive and well
NICK MATTHEWS recalls the founding of the annual Levellers Day and its stalwart supporters Dudley Edwards and Tony Benn

THE third Saturday in May is a great time for those on the left to pay a visit the Cotswolds, if only for a chance to disturb the quiet of its modern chocolate box image, and where better than Burford for Levellers Day.
I find it hard to think of Levellers Day and not think of Tony Benn who was a regular attendee.
The beautiful Cotswolds churchyard of St John the Baptist is perhaps an unlikely spot for a socialist pilgrimage but in May 1649 it was the scene of historic events.
More from this author

The government needs to raise its game when it comes to the tech giants who behave like the robber barons of old, argues NICK MATTHEWS

NICK MATTHEWS looks at the great Bolshevik leader’s intense three-week period of furious study in the British Library in 1908 and the timeless classic on Marxism and philosophy it produced: Materialism and Empirio-Criticism

NICK MATTHEWS recommends a vivacious blend of classical and traditional Cuban music that brings swing to Mozart

NICK MATTHEWS looks back to the historic 14-week dispute which was to form a significant early test for the then-recently formed Transport and General Workers Union
Similar stories

A rare trip down the beer-sodden alleys of memory lane reminds the bard of Puppy Love

BRIAN CLARKE recently explained Wortley Hall's fascinating history at the South Yorkshire Festival, and here relates it for Morning Star readers

Visionary leadership is needed to tackle the existential climate crisis, but Labour risks squandering any opportunity for transformative change by clinging to the neoliberal economic orthodoxy, writes ALAN SIMPSON