SOLOMON HUGHES recommends Sunjeev Sahota’s recent novel set in a trade union election campaign for its fresh approach to what unites and divides workers, but wishes the union backdrop was truer to life
How to checkmate Reform UK
In the last of a three-part series, PHIL KATZ explains how unions are best placed to present a positive, pro-worker, pro-public services alternative to the narrative of division, deregulation and greed peddled by Farage’s party
(Left to right) James McMurdock, Lee Anderson, leader Nigel Farage, deputy leader Richard Tice and Rupert Lowe during a Reform UK press conference, October 7 2024
Morning Star international editor ROGER McKENZIE says Trump’s ceaseless belligerence is a desperate effort to prevent the emergence of a multilateral world
Don’t dismiss Lebanon as a side theatre of this war, warns SEVIM DAGDELEN — there are signs Israel has expansion in mind, and it has demonstrated its willingness to expel and kill whole populations
The media present Starmer as staying out of Trump’s war — but we’re already deeply involved in a conflict that sees the US and Israel kill civilians on a huge scale, argues IAN SINCLAIR
LINDA PENTZ GUNTER reports on this week’s conference unveiling the findings of the Gaza Tribunal established by Jeremy Corbyn
CHRISTOPHE IMMER of the Morning Star’s German sister paper Junge Welt reports on a Berlin conference on the politics of art and the legacy of Marxist critic Hans Hess
REFORM UK is positioning itself as a powerful force in British politics, aiming to challenge the Conservatives as the party of capitalism.
In a recent announcement, it claimed to have surpassed the Conservative Party in membership, boasting the establishment of 300 new branches and a transition to being “owned by its members.”
Although lacking the Establishment ties of the Conservatives, Reform UK is well-placed to play a significant role in future elections, either on its own or as part of an alliance.
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