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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

Lebanese civil defense workers inspect the rubble at the site of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike a day earlier in Beirut, Lebanon, April 9, 2026
Middle East / 9 April 2026
9 April 2026