Remembering Shane MacGowan – musical and lyrical genius ALISON BANVILLE pays tribute to an Irish singer-songwriter whose talent and authenticity touched many hearts
Features | Sunday 03rd Dec 2023 Dutch conservatives cede ground to far right, left challenged to fight back
Saturday 02nd Dec 2023 Under cover of war, the Tory government is increasing its attacks on working people As we head into the 14th year of austerity, it’s clear that the government’s economic policy has failed and workers and the poor are left paying for a crisis that they did not cause, argues DIANE ABBOTT MP
Saturday 02nd Dec 2023 Give us a real national care service Unison Scotland gathers for its Scottish council today. Regional secretary LILIAN MACER outlines the union’s alternative to the Scottish government’s failing national care service legislation
Saturday 02nd Dec 2023 Defending the right to strike Ahead of a TUC special Congress next weekend to fight Conservative anti-strike laws, JOHN FOSTER looks back to 1969 and 1972 when similar proposals were defeated through class solidarity and painstaking organising work
Saturday 02nd Dec 2023 Oxford stands in solidarity with Gaza The city’s council recently passed a motion calling for an immediate ceasefire in the besieged Strip. CHRIS JARVIS highlights two important lessons the left can draw
Saturday 02nd Dec 2023 The Workers’ Committee: as relevant as ever General secretary of the Bakers Union SARAH WOOLLEY discusses why the 1917 pamphlet, The Workers’ Committee, is still of value to the trade union movement in Britain today
Friday 01st Dec 2023 Etiquette lessons offered to Israel From smaller bombs to more targeted murders, Britain and the US are offering what amounts to advice on the ‘correct manners to massacre’ for their Middle East ally, reports SOLOMON HUGHES
Thursday 30th Nov 2023 Obituary Kissinger: a war criminal who served US imperialism Celebrated for his diplomacy, especially over China, his true face was that of a callous murderer with the blood of millions on his hands, writes ANDREW MURRAY
Wednesday 29th Nov 2023 Industrial Growing risk of ‘Baby P-style scandal’ in crisis-hit mental health sector As staff retention pressure in local authority mental health teams reaches boiling point, workers across the country are beginning a spate of strikes, reports BERNY TORRE
Friday 01st Dec 2023 ‘Chilean people don't expect any change in their fortunes’ On the eve of the plebiscite to decide the fate of the new constitution, HUGO GUZMAN speaks to Marta Lagos, an electoral analyst and founder of Latinobarametro and Mori Chile
Friday 01st Dec 2023 Mick Whelan: ‘Our members remain strong’ As train drivers prepare for their next round of industrial action, the Aslef general secretary talks to Morning Star reporter PETER LAZENBY
