Our treatment of firefighters is now a global scandal Research at the highest level has shown firefighters are exposed to cancer-causing agents in the line of duty — but unlike many other countries we are not taking necessary steps to address this, writes LUKE FLETCHER MS
Features | Saturday 04th May 2024 What happens next at the Petroineos oil refinery is of crucial national importance
Saturday 04th May 2024 ‘We want divestment, we want accountability and we want transparency’ University of Portsmouth students unite in solidarity with staff to oppose job cuts and arms partnerships, writes JESS McCALLUM
Saturday 04th May 2024 The UN has condemned Britain’s treatment of the disabled There has been another report from the UN that vindicates what disability campaigners have been saying and experiencing — we are being scapegoated as our rights are violated, reports ELLEN CLIFFORD
Friday 03rd May 2024 If the public knew they’d be appalled: the US health firms running privatised NHS mental healthcare SOLOMON HUGHES shines a light on Cygnet Healthcare and its parent company Universal Health Services
Friday 03rd May 2024 ‘I’m proud of the unity shown by our members’ As train drivers prepare for their next round of strike action, Aslef general secretary MICK WHELAN talks to Morning Star reporter Peter Lazenby about the ever-increasing profits of rail privateers and the Tories’ politically motivated intransigence
Friday 03rd May 2024 The values of the revolution are still alive in our people ANGELO ALVES is a member of the political committee of the Portuguese Communist Party. He spoke to Alex Gordon on the 50th anniversary of Portugal’s Carnation Revolution of April 25 1974 about the legacy and the struggle of young workers and trade unionists today against Portugal’s latest right-wing government
Thursday 02nd May 2024 To understand Caribbean ‘decolonisation’ look up Richard Hart ROGER McKENZIE recommends the work of the 20th-century Marxist activist, a founding member of Jamaica’s People’s National Party and a historian whose books showed the primacy of slave revolts in ending slavery itself
Thursday 02nd May 2024 From Germany May 2 1933 to Odessa May 2 2014 There are parallels between these two pitch-black episodes of European history which should never be forgotten — and they should make those who wish to send yet more weapons to Ukraine think twice, writes KEITH BARLOW
Thursday 02nd May 2024 Humza interruptus As the former first minister of Scotland departs to write his pamphlet-length memoir of political achievement, STEPHEN LOW explores how it all went so wrong
Thursday 02nd May 2024 Columbia students following the proud tradition of anti-Vietnam war forbears On campuses all over the US, activists are amplifying the anguished cry of the Palestinians, write ALISON BANVILLE and JAMES FLOREY
Wednesday 01st May 2024 The overwhelming defeat of the Tories must be our top priority at the local elections General secretary of the Communist Party of Britain ROBERT GRIFFITHS explains why his party argues for an overall Labour victory to put the workers’ movement in a better position to fight for real socialist politics