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Labour leadership / 25 June 2026
25 June 2026
Andy Burnham makes a speech at the launch of his campaign as Labour's candidate for the Makerfield by-election during a press conference at Stubshaw Cross Community and Sports Club in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester, May 22, 2026
Labour leadership / 24 June 2026
24 June 2026
Num 10
Labour leadership / 24 June 2026
24 June 2026
rubio
Latin America attacks / 24 June 2026
24 June 2026
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn (right) alongside shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer during a press conference in central London
EU Referendum / 23 June 2026
23 June 2026

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

US President Donald Trump wraps up his speech at the opening of the ‘Great American State Fair’ on the National Mall in Washington, June 24, 2026
Global Relations / 25 June 2026
25 June 2026
Ivan Cepeda concedes defeat in the presidential election at a news conference in Bogota, Colombia, June 24, 2026
Latin America / 25 June 2026
25 June 2026
Rescue workers search through the rubble after an earthquake in Caracas, Venezuela, June 24, 2026
Latin America / 25 June 2026
25 June 2026
Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi places a flower during a memorial demonstration to mark two years since more than 60 people died in anti-government demonstrations that resulted in the storming of the parliament, in Nairobi, Kenya, June 25, 2026
East Africa / 25 June 2026
25 June 2026
Exterior of Cambodia's Supreme Court in Phnom Penh, June 25, 2026
Southeast Asia / 25 June 2026
25 June 2026
n this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire after Russia's air attack in Druzhkivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, June 24, 2026
Round-up / 25 June 2026
25 June 2026
Free will-writing service
Andy Burnham, front left, is sworn-in as an MP in the House of Common in London, England, Monday, June 22, 2026. (House of Commons via AP)
Eyes Left / 24 June 2026
24 June 2026

The basis for 20th-century social democracy in Britain is gone, argues ANDREW MURRAY – but there are measures a Burnham government could take that would break with neoliberalism

Steve Davison
Obituary / 24 June 2026
24 June 2026

TONY BURKE pays tribute to a dedicated trade unionist and true internationalist who helped organise workers from Britain to Bangladesh

Andy
Labour leadership / 24 June 2026
24 June 2026

NASUWT leader MATT WRACK says schools are crying out for serious investment — and there are other immediate changes a new prime minister could and should enact

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer makes a speech in Downing Street, London, as he said he will resign as leader of the Labour Party and he has informed the King of his decision, June 22, 2026
Politics / 24 June 2026
24 June 2026

Keir Starmer’s resignation speech seemed to be coming from a different universe, or maybe it was just a fanfaronade of falsehoods, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER

Labour party leader Sir Keir Starmer delivers his keynote speech at the Labour Party conference in Brighton, September 29, 2021
Politics / 24 June 2026
24 June 2026

Starmer will be judged on his record, but it would be wrong to view him in isolation from the crisis of the British political establishment, says the COMMUNIST PARTY in its official statement on the PM’s resignation

Grass grows around a mural of the late President Hugo Chavez
Latin America / 23 June 2026
23 June 2026

Over 1,000 hostile US sanctions remain in place on Venezuela, while Britain continues its colonial theft of gold, writes MATT WILLGRESS

Red Roses-inspired tifo ahead of the Guinness Women's Six Nations 2026 match at the Allianz Stadium, London. Picture date: Saturday April 11, 2026
Women’s Rugby Union / 23 June 2026
23 June 2026
14-03-2026 of Maro Itoje
Men’s Rugby Union / 23 June 2026
23 June 2026
23-11-2024 of Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Gary O'Neil
Men’s Football / 23 June 2026
23 June 2026
The Novice Stakes at the Guineas Festival at Newmarket Racecourse, Suffolk, May 3, 2026
Round-up / 23 June 2026
23 June 2026
time's echo
Book Review / 23 June 2026
23 June 2026

DAVID YEARSLEY is fascinated by the account of four composers who transformed their experiences of the second world war and the Holocaust into deeply moving works of art

Yussef
Music Review / 22 June 2026
22 June 2026

PETER MASON thrills to the sound of south London-born Yussef Dayes, and the galaxy of musicians drawn into his orbit

boix
Literature / 22 June 2026
22 June 2026

From post-human revolution in Puerto Rico to trans poetics and queer mythmaking, these three books that imagine new ways of being together

you must live
Book Review / 19 June 2026
19 June 2026

JAMIE BRITTON recommends that we all buy at least two copies of a remarkable book of poems

KB albums
Music / 22 June 2026
22 June 2026

Re-releases from Iain Matthews, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and The Charlie Daniels Band

you must live
Book Review / 19 June 2026
19 June 2026

JAMIE BRITTON recommends that we all buy at least two copies of a remarkable book of poems