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Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn (right) alongside shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer during a press conference in central London
EU Referendum / 23 June 2026
23 June 2026

Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO says assessing a Labour leader whose mission was to smash the left must involve addressing the delusions that fuelled his rise

Copies of the Morning Star
Features / 13 June 2026
13 June 2026

Editor BEN CHACKO looks at the invaluable contribution the paper makes, and the headwinds it has to struggle against to get by, following the Morning Star’s 80th AGM this month

FBU leader Steve Wright and Diane Abbott at the Morning Star conference in April
Features / 30 May 2026
30 May 2026

The Morning Star’s AGM tour comes at a critical moment for both the British left and the newspaper itself, as it battles political fragmentation and media industry upheaval. Editor BEN CHACKO issues a clarion call to readers to play their part in the coming period

Ismara Vargas Walter
Features / 26 May 2026
26 May 2026

Cuban ambassador to Britain ISMARA VARGAS WALTER speaks to Morning Star editor Ben Chacko about the desperate situation caused by the US siege and the growing risk of war

FBU general secretary Steve Wright
Politics / 16 May 2026
16 May 2026

The FBU leader speaks to Ben Chacko about cuts, collapsing Starmerism and confronting the far right

Chacko and Peter Mertens
Pensions / 12 May 2026
12 May 2026

Over 100,000 people are expected on Brussels’s streets today. Ben Chacko speaks to Belgian Workers Party’s PETER MERTENS on wage and pensions attacks that have united the fightback

Alex Gordon
US Imperialism / 4 May 2026
4 May 2026

Communist Party of Britain general secretary ALEX GORDON speaks to Ben Chacko about the coming economic storm, the relentless drive to war and the prospects of fighting back

Cheng Li-wun shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping
China / 10 April 2026
10 April 2026

First meeting between leaders of the Communist Party of China and the Kuomintang, which ruled the mainland until 1949, in 10 years