Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO says assessing a Labour leader whose mission was to smash the left must involve addressing the delusions that fuelled his rise
Labour and the 10 pledges: where will it end?
The current situation within Labour, where you can be disciplined for expressing support for those already disciplined, is a grim indication of what a Starmer government might look like, warns RICHARD RUDKIN
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and deputy leader Angela Rayner during a visit to a housing development in South Ribble in Lancashire, to tour the site and meet staff, April 27, 2023
Rebuilding Labour’s working-class roots and organising power is essential if the party is to recover, says MERCEDES VILLALBA
ANDREW MURRAY looks back at a damaging career marked by dishonesty, incompetence and revolting complicity in war crimes
Britain’s historic vote to leave the EU was a rejection of the political Establishment and the strategic direction pursued by Britain’s ruling class since the second world war, writes ALEX GORDON
Over 1,000 hostile US sanctions remain in place on Venezuela, while Britain continues its colonial theft of gold, writes MATT WILLGRESS
MARY DAVIS says the centrality of the Jewish community and the Communist Party to anti-fascism in the 1930s is too often overlooked on the left
AS A socialist and a writer, sometimes I hope I am wrong about the future of British politics — in particular, the direction the Labour Party is heading. In January 2020, I wrote in the Morning Star that Keir Starmer’s decision to commit the Labour Party to abide by the 10 pledges of the Board of Deputies (BoD) was a dangerous move for the left.
Not only would it be used to silence criticism of the actions by Israel and curtail free speech, but wherever possible it would be used to suspend Labour members on the left with a view to expelling them — thereby bit by bit filling the party with members that are centre-right while silencing criticism about the treatment of Palestinians by those on the left that have remained in Labour.
My prediction by some in Labour was seen as a little far-fetched. No, I was told, socialists would not let that happen. Socialists should remain in Labour — “stay and fight” against Starmer’s plan to silence members and move the party back to the left. After three years we all know how well that is going, don’t we?
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