Morning Star (British newspaper)

Morning Star
	Front page of the Morning Star from 27 June 2020
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Tabloid
Owner(s)	People's Press Printing Society
Editor	Ben Chacko
Founded	1 January 1930 ; (as Daily Worker) ; 25 April 1966 ; (as Morning Star)
Political alignment	Socialism; Trade unionism; Britain's Road to Socialism;
Headquarters	William Rust House, 52 Beachy Road, Bow, London E3 2NS
Circulation	10,000 (as of 2008)
ISSN	0307-1758
Website	morningstaronline.co.uk

The Morning Star is a left-wing British daily newspaper with a focus on social, political and trade union issues.^[3] Originally founded in 1930 as the Daily Worker by the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB), ownership was transferred from the CPGB to an independent readers' co-operative, the People's Press Printing Society, in 1945 and later renamed the Morning Star in 1966. The paper describes its editorial stance as in line with Britain's Road to Socialism, the programme of the Communist Party of Britain.^[4]

The Daily Worker initially opposed the Second World War and its London edition was banned in Britain between 1941 and 1942.^[5] After the Soviet Union joined the Allies, the paper enthusiastically backed the war effort. During the Cold War, the paper provided a platform for critics of the US and its allies. This included whistleblowers who provided evidence that the British military were allowing their forces to collect severed heads during the Malayan Emergency,^[6] and exposing the mass graves of civilians killed by the South Korean government.^[7]

The paper prints contributions by writers from a variety of left-wing political perspectives. Contributors include Jeremy Corbyn, Virginia Woolf,^[8] Angela Davis,^[9] Billy Strachan,^[10] Len Johnson,^[11]^: 102 Wilfred Burchett,^[12] Claudia Jones, Jean Ross, and Harry Pollitt.^[13] Correspondent Alan Winnington had his British passport revoked in 1954 for his reporting on massacres in the Korean War, and favourable representation of North Korean prisoner-of-war camps.^[14] Some non-political topics covered by the paper have included arts reviews, sports, gardening, book reviews, and cooking.

^ "Morning Star". Directory of Co-operatives. Co-operatives UK. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
^ "Dispatches". The Guardian. Retrieved on 5 December 2015.
^ Coughlan 2005.
^ "Britain's Road to Socialism, the Communist Party of Britain programme ... underlies our paper's editorial stance." People's Press Printing Society Annual Report 2009.
^ Howe, Mark (2001). Is That Damned Paper Still Coming Out? The Very Best of the Daily Worker Morning Star. London: People's Press Printing Society.
^ Newsinger, John (2015). British Counterinsurgency (2nd ed.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 50. ISBN 9781137316868.
^ Shaw, Tony (1 April 1999). "The Information Research Department of the British Foreign Office and the Korean War, 1950–53". Journal of Contemporary History. 34 (2): 269. doi:10.1177/002200949903400206. S2CID 159855506 – via Sage Journals.
^ Woolf, Virginia (14 December 1936). "Why art to-day follows politics". Daily Worker.
^ Davis, Angela (19 July 1977). "Racism dictates the level of women's oppression". The Morning Star.
^ Horsley, David (2019). Billy Strachan 1921-1988 RAF Officer, Communist, Civil Rights Pioneer, Legal Administrator, Internationalist and Above All Caribbean Man. London: Caribbean Labour Solidarity. p. 27. ISSN 2055-7035.
^ Meddick, Simon; Payne, Liz; Katz, Phil (2020). Red Lives: Communists and the Struggle for Socialism. UK: Manifesto Press Cooperative Limited. ISBN 978-1-907464-45-4.
^ Burchett, Wilfred (31 March 1954). "A great disaster for the French army". Daily Worker.
^ Pollitt, Harry (7 September 1938). "The real Britain is on the Ebro". Daily Worker.
^ Cite error: The named reference jjenks was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[1] "Morning Star". Directory of Co-operatives. Co-operatives UK. Retrieved 25 May 2021.

[2] "Dispatches". The Guardian. Retrieved on 5 December 2015.

[FOOTNOTECoughlan2005-3] Coughlan 2005.

[4] "Britain's Road to Socialism, the Communist Party of Britain programme ... underlies our paper's editorial stance." People's Press Printing Society Annual Report 2009.

[Howe-5] Howe, Mark (2001). Is That Damned Paper Still Coming Out? The Very Best of the Daily Worker Morning Star. London: People's Press Printing Society.

[Newsinger-6] Newsinger, John (2015). British Counterinsurgency (2nd ed.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 50. ISBN 9781137316868.

[7] Shaw, Tony (1 April 1999). "The Information Research Department of the British Foreign Office and the Korean War, 1950–53". Journal of Contemporary History. 34 (2): 269. doi:10.1177/002200949903400206. S2CID 159855506 – via Sage Journals.

[8] Woolf, Virginia (14 December 1936). "Why art to-day follows politics". Daily Worker.

[9] Davis, Angela (19 July 1977). "Racism dictates the level of women's oppression". The Morning Star.

[:29-10] Horsley, David (2019). Billy Strachan 1921-1988 RAF Officer, Communist, Civil Rights Pioneer, Legal Administrator, Internationalist and Above All Caribbean Man. London: Caribbean Labour Solidarity. p. 27. ISSN 2055-7035.

[Meddick2020-11] Meddick, Simon; Payne, Liz; Katz, Phil (2020). Red Lives: Communists and the Struggle for Socialism. UK: Manifesto Press Cooperative Limited. ISBN 978-1-907464-45-4.

[12] Burchett, Wilfred (31 March 1954). "A great disaster for the French army". Daily Worker.

[13] Pollitt, Harry (7 September 1938). "The real Britain is on the Ebro". Daily Worker.

[jjenks-14] Cite error: The named reference jjenks was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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Front page of the Morning Star from 27 June 2020
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Tabloid
Owner(s)	People's Press Printing Society^[1]
Editor	Ben Chacko
Founded	1 January 1930; 94 years ago (1930-01-01) (as Daily Worker) 25 April 1966; 58 years ago (1966-04-25) (as Morning Star)
Political alignment	Socialism Trade unionism Britain's Road to Socialism
Headquarters	William Rust House, 52 Beachy Road, Bow, London E3 2NS
Circulation	10,000 (as of 2008)^[2]
ISSN	0307-1758
Website	morningstaronline.co.uk