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Book Review / 9 May 2025
9 May 2025

GUILLERMO THOMAS recommends a useful book aimed at informing activists with local examples of solidarity in action around the world

hot
Book Review / 9 May 2025
9 May 2025

LIZZY SHORT recommends a bracing study of energy intensive AI and the race of such technology towards war profits

barbarism
Book Review / 9 May 2025
9 May 2025

RON JACOBS welcomes the translation into English of an angry cry from the place they call the periphery

Staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London, January 18, 2023
Health Service / 9 May 2025
9 May 2025
future
Book Review / 9 May 2025
9 May 2025

HENRY BELL is provoked by a book that looks toward, but does not fully explore the question of who gets to imagine the shapes of cities to come

School children during a Year 5 class at a primary school in Yorkshire, November 27, 2019
Education / 9 May 2025
9 May 2025
© Henry Fowler, Strike Map
Workers' Rights / 9 May 2025
9 May 2025

Hundreds travel to Birmingham to join ‘mega picket’ of striking refuse workers and supporters

Fans gather outside Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium after organizers suspended the Indian Premier League for one week following the escalating military tensions with Pakistan, in Lucknow, India, Friday, May 9, 2025
Men’s Cricket / 9 May 2025
9 May 2025

Move follows PSL decision to relocate games to United Arab Emirates

People from trans rights groups and community organisations take part in a rally organised by Resisting Transphobia outside Queen Elizabeth House, the UK Government building in Edinburgh, following the Supreme Court ruling earlier this week on the definition of a woman in equalities law, April 19, 2025
Supreme Court / 9 May 2025
9 May 2025
Liverpool's Mohamed Salah after the Premier League match at Anfield, Liverpool, April 27, 2025
Football / 9 May 2025
9 May 2025

The powerhouse Liverpool forward secured a record-breaking 90 per cent of the vote, while Arsenal’s Alessia Russo topped a wide field to win the women’s award, writes JAMES NALTON 

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Dance / 9 May 2025
9 May 2025

MATTHEW HAWKINS surveys the upcoming programme of contemporary dance in Glasgow, and picks some highlights

migrants
Exhibition Review / 9 May 2025
9 May 2025

JAMES WALSH is moved by an exhibition of graphic art that relates horrors that would be much less immediate in other media

A general view of Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr in action during their middleweight bout at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, April 26, 2025
Men’s Boxing / 9 May 2025
9 May 2025

The outcome of the Shakespearean modern-day classic, where legacy was reborn, continues to resonate in the mind of Morning Star boxing writer JOHN WIGHT

This frame grab from a video provided May 8, 2025, shows smoke rise following Israeli airstrikes that targeted hilltops near Nabatieh town, south Lebanon
Round-up / 8 May 2025
8 May 2025
Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump shake hands at a joint press conference in the East Room at the White House, February 27, 2025
Trump's Tariffs / 8 May 2025
8 May 2025
Workers' Rights / 8 May 2025
8 May 2025
Strike Map activists visit striking refuse workers in Birmingham, April 29, 2025 [Pic: Strike Map]
Workers' Rights / 8 May 2025
8 May 2025

As Birmingham’s refuse workers fight brutal pay cuts, Strike Map rallies mass solidarity, with unions, activists, and workers converging to defy scab labour and police intimidation. The message to Labour? Back workers or face rebellion, writes HENRY FOWLER and ROBERT POOLE

Indian soldiers guard at a market in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, May 6, 2025
Men’s Cricket / 8 May 2025
8 May 2025
A student and a teacher carry study material at UNRWA Girls School run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in the Shuafat Refugee Camp in east Jerusalem, May 8, 2025
West Bank / 8 May 2025
8 May 2025
Arsenal's Leah Williamson acknowledges the crowd, March 22, 2025
Women’s Football / 8 May 2025
8 May 2025

Gunners aim for first European trophy since 2007 when they face Barcelona in the Champions League

Somerset's James Rew batting during the T20 semi-final match at Edgbaston, Birmingham, September 14, 2024
Men’s Cricket / 8 May 2025
8 May 2025
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Cinema / 8 May 2025
8 May 2025

The Star's critics MARIA DUARTE and MICHAL BONCZA review Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd, The Uninvited, The Surfer, and Motel Destino

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Film of the Week / 8 May 2025
8 May 2025

No excuses can hide the criminal actions of a Nazi fellow-traveller in this admirably objective documentary, suggests MARTIN HALL

Palestinians children inspect the damage caused by an Israeli air strike that targeted displacement tents in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, May 7, 2025
Gaza / 7 May 2025
7 May 2025

Report reveals Britain exported over 160,000 military items to Tel Aviv since genocide began – most were sent after partial arms exports ban began last September

Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim during a press conference at the Carrington Training Centre, Manchester, May 7, 2025
Men’s Football / 7 May 2025
7 May 2025
Mumbai Indians' Rohit Sharma plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians at Sawai Mansingh Stadiumin Jaipur, India, Thursday, May 1, 2025
Men’s cricket / 7 May 2025
7 May 2025
West Ham United's Shekiera Martinez (centre left), who says she has
Women’s Football / 7 May 2025
7 May 2025
Prime Minister Keir Starmer departs 10 Downing Street, London, to attend Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, May 7, 2025
Austerity / 7 May 2025
7 May 2025
Models of a man and woman standing on a pile of coins and ba
Pay Equality / 7 May 2025
7 May 2025
21st Century Poetry / 7 May 2025
7 May 2025
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Theatre review / 7 May 2025
7 May 2025

PAUL DONOVAN relishes a fascinating exploration of the leading lights of the Labour right in the 1970s

Emma Raducanu, July 7, 2024
Women’s tennis / 7 May 2025
7 May 2025
A new baby holding the finger of its mother
Usdaw Conference 2025 / 7 May 2025
7 May 2025
Alpine driver Jack Doohan of Australia steers his car during the Sprint race at the Formula One Miami Grand Prix auto race, Saturday, May 3, 2025, in Miami Gardens, Fla.
Formula One / 7 May 2025
7 May 2025
A Leeds United fan in the stands celebrates promotion to the Premier League following the Sky Bet Championship match at Elland Road, Leeds, April 28, 2025
Sport / 7 May 2025
7 May 2025
People take part in the National march for Palestine in cent
Usdaw Conference 2025 / 7 May 2025
7 May 2025
Protesters on Whitehall in London, as Chancellor of the Exch
Britain / 6 May 2025
6 May 2025

World Health Organisation warns that 'current rates of improvement are insufficient'

Solar panels on the roof of a property
Usdaw Conference 2025 / 6 May 2025
6 May 2025
A Greek policeman gives instructions as migrants whose boat stalled at sea while crossing from Turkey to Greece approach the shore of the island of Lesbos, Greece, September 20, 2015
World / 6 May 2025
6 May 2025
Pupils in a classroom
Usdaw Conference 2025 / 6 May 2025
6 May 2025
Yemenis watch as smoke billows following Israeli airstrikes targeting a power plant and Sanaa Airport, in Sanaa, Yemen, May 6, 2025
World / 6 May 2025
6 May 2025
First Minister and Labour leader in Wales, Baroness Eluned Morgan, delivers a keynote speech marking one year to the 2026 Senedd election, at the Norwegian Church in Cardiff, May 6, 2025
Britain / 6 May 2025
6 May 2025
Newcastle Falcons' Callum Chick is tackled during the Gallagher Premiership match at Kingston Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, March 29, 2024
Men's Rugby Union / 6 May 2025
6 May 2025
Zhao Xintong lifts the trophy after the final match against Mark Williams (not pictured) following day seventeen of the Halo World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. Picture date: Monday May 5, 2025
Snooker / 6 May 2025
6 May 2025

Zhao becoes China's first world snooker champion

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Marxist Notes on Music / 6 May 2025
6 May 2025

BEN LUNN alerts us to the creeping return of philanthropy and private patronage, and suggests alternative paths to explore

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Letters from Latin America / 6 May 2025
6 May 2025

A novel by Argentinian Jorge Consiglio, a personal dictionary by Uruguayan Ida Vitale, and poetry by Mexican Homero Aridjis

Round-up / 6 May 2025
6 May 2025
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Theatre review / 6 May 2025
6 May 2025

MAYER WAKEFIELD laments the lack of audience interaction and social diversity in a musical drama set on London’s Underground

Health Secretary Wes Streeting addressing the Usdaw annual conference in Blackpool's Winter Gardens
Usdaw Conference 2025 / 5 May 2025
5 May 2025
The vote count on May 1 at Grimsby Town Hall, Lincolnshire, for the Greater Lincolnshire Mayor election
Features / 6 May 2025
6 May 2025

With Reform UK surging and Labour determined not to offer anything different from the status quo, a clear opportunity opens for the left, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE

Men's cricket / 5 May 2025
5 May 2025
Alice Weidel, co-leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), speaks during the election party at the party's headquarters in Berlin Germany, Feb. 23, 2025
World / 5 May 2025
5 May 2025
Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, May 5, 2025
Features / 6 May 2025
6 May 2025

Israel continues to operate with impunity in what seems to be a brutal and protracted experiment, while much of the world looks on, says RAMZY BAROUD

Lord Alf Dubs on stage addressing the crowd during a rally in Parliament Square, London, after taking part in the Refugees Welcome March, September 2016
Features / 6 May 2025
6 May 2025

A recent Immigration Summit heard from Lord Alf Dubs, who fled the Nazis to Britain as a child. JAYDEE SEAFORTH reports on his message that we need to increase public empathy with desperate people seeking asylum

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Theatre review / 5 May 2025
5 May 2025

WILL STONE foresees the refashioning of Beckett’s study of bitter nostalgia given the plethora of self-recording we make in the digital age

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Album reviews / 5 May 2025
5 May 2025

New releases reviewed by IAN SINCLAIR

Striking Usdaw members at Weetabix
Usdaw conference 2025 / 6 May 2025
6 May 2025

By sticking together, working collectively and building the union, we can weather any uncertainty ahead, writes general secretary of Usdaw PADDY LILLIS

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Music review / 5 May 2025
5 May 2025

MIK SABIERS savours the first headline solo show of the stalwart of Brighton’s indie-punk outfit Blood Red Shoes

Protesters on Whitehall in London, as Chancellor of the Exch
Features / 6 May 2025
6 May 2025

A new report by Amnesty International pulls no punches in highlighting the Labour government’s human rights violations of those on benefits, says Dr DYLAN MURPHY

A general view of a female using an inhaler
Britain / 5 May 2025
5 May 2025
A general view of a Prison
Features / 6 May 2025
6 May 2025

The announcement of a Women’s Justice Board should be cautiously welcomed, writes SABINA PRICE, but we need to see a recognition that our prison system is in crisis and disproportionately punishes some of the most vulnerable people in society

A plane leaving Newcastle Airport
Usdaw Conference 2025 / 5 May 2025
5 May 2025
Green Party co-leaders Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay greet Deputy Leader Zack Polanski at the launch of their local election campaign in Bristol, April 4, 2024
Britain / 5 May 2025
5 May 2025