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
Monday 04th Jan 2021 How should the left and the labour movement respond to the Brexit deal? As the false polarisations that have divided working people over the past decade subside, the class politics of both the EU and Johnson are there for all to see, writes JOHN FOSTER
Saturday 28th Nov 2020 ENGELS 200 Friedrich Engels: organiser, thinker and joint author of the Communist Manifesto JOHN FOSTER pays tribute to Friedrich Engels on the 200th anniversary of his birth
Friday 11th Sep 2020 The left should oppose Johnson's Internal Market Bill – but not for the reasons you might expect The government's new Bill withdraws economic decision-making powers from devolved administrations just as they are set to escape EU 'competition' regulation, explains JOHN FOSTER
Tuesday 03rd Mar 2020 Why Scotland needs public ownership Just because Labour lost the election does not mean the Scottish labour movement can afford not to fight for its agenda of nationalisation, writes JOHN FOSTER
Tuesday 22nd Oct 2019 Lebanon rises up Class solidarity is overcoming sectarian violence as the economic situation worsens and protests grow OMAR EL DEEB tells John Foster
Friday 04th Oct 2019 Saving our world-class industry Scotland's rail construction complex, once employing 30,000 skilled engineers and exporting trains across the globe, is slated for closure - but not without a fight, writes JOHN FOSTER as he previews this weekend's Scottish Morning Star autumn conference in Glasgow
Monday 16th Sep 2019 ‘Defend the United Nations resolutions on Palestine’ In conversation with John Foster, SABRI ATEYEH represented the views of the Palestine Liberation Organisation at this September’s Avante Festival in Lisbon
Friday 01st Feb 2019 A view from the Venezuelan Communist Party JOHN FOSTER interviews Paul Dobson, a member of the International Department of the Venezuelan Communist Party and Committee of International Solidarity, and a journalist at venezuelanalysis.com about the ongoing coup attempt
Friday 25th Jan 2019 The strike that changed the nature of Labour politics JOHN FOSTER looks at how the 1919 general strike which began in the Clydeside shipyards ignited a Britain-wide struggle
Tuesday 26th Jun 2018 Why has the US withdrawn from the UN council for human rights – and what is its significance? The Trump administration’s decision represents part of its drive to consolidate support for a right-wing populist world view, writes JOHN FOSTER