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THIS is the first of two Scotland editions of the Morning Star to coincide with Scottish Labour conference – following the success of our pilot Scotland edition back in November, which we published on the day of the anti-racism march in Glasgow.
The Morning Star is proud to be the paper of the labour movement – and indeed, now the preferred daily read of both British and Scottish Labour leaders.
Just this week, shopworkers’ union Usdaw became the tenth national trade union to join the paper’s management committee.
Campaigns against nuclear weapons on the Clyde, financial backing for arms firms and rising militarism are converging with solidarity for Palestine, as Scotland’s peace movement builds momentum ahead of the 2026 Holyrood election, says ARTHUR WEST
The EIS president who defended Marxist politics in the 1980s fought Thatcherite educational policies while organising Teachers for Peace rallies and ensuring Morning Star circulation in Scotland’s pit villages and factories, writes JOHN FOSTER
Our roving AGM from this Thursday through Sunday and our upcoming Morning Star Conference 2025 on June 14 in London are great opportunities to meet the team and help plan the way forward, says editor BEN CHACKO
