Special report by PEOPLE’S WORLD
IF YOU’RE reading this column in the village of Tolpuddle in Dorset, the chances are you’ve picked up one of the thousands of Morning Stars we’ve handed out for free at this great celebration of trade union struggle.
The Tolpuddle Martyrs were transported to Australia in 1834, almost 100 years before the first edition of the Morning Star’s predecessor the Daily Worker rolled off the printing presses.
But if we had been publishing at the time, I have no doubt that our headline would have been the defiant rallying cry of George Loveless: “We raise the watchword, liberty. We will, we will, we will be free!”
Across the country readers are rallying to the People’s Paper’s cause. Star campaigns manager CALVIN TUCKER has some handy ideas on how to get involved
BERNADETTE KEAVENEY announces a simplified and streamlined way to get your paper delivered daily, and a big push for new readers that we can all help make into a success
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the legal case behind this weekend’s Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival and the lessons for today
As the labour movement meets to remember the Tolpuddle Martyrs, MICK WHELAN, general secretary of train drivers’ union Aslef, says it’s an appropriate moment to remind the Labour government to listen to the trade unions a little more


