Recent weeks have shown how limited, distorted and precarious democracy is in our society.
When one politician on the national stage steps outside of the accepted neoliberal consensus, all hell breaks loose and politicians, business and the media start predicting the complete collapse of society if we don’t reign in our sights immediately.
Jeremy Corbyn has been subjected to allegations and attacks which range from slightly disingenuous to deeply offensive to frankly bizarre, the latest being allegations he wants to introduce segregated trains across Britain if elected.
Can entrenched institutional power be overcome?
Despite the screeching from the right-wing media, Burnham’s speech chimed with the public mood - and socialists should take advantage, says Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO
JOHN McINALLY sees little chance of change at Westminster, and calls on the left to get serious about building a real alternative


