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80 years after our ban, the fight for a workers' media continues
On August 26 1942, the 18-month ban on the Daily Worker was ended. But censorship is a growing menace 80 years on, argues BEN CHACKO
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EIGHTY years ago, on August 26 1942, the longest government ban on a newspaper in British history, which had begun on January 21 1941, was lifted.
The suppression of the Daily Worker was ordered by a Labour home secretary — Herbert Morrison — using emergency wartime powers.
As I wrote 18 months ago when marking the anniversary of the ban beginning, it was an arbitrary act of censorship.
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