Preferable to Starmer he may be, but there is scant sign of a sharp political break in Burnham’s policies so far — while left challenges aren’t making much of a running either, finds ANDREW MURRAY. How can socialism be put back on the map?
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The failure of the 2014 referendum was the lack of a third choice
Only a federated Britain of equal partners would be able to address the vast economic inequality within our island, on terms that would strengthen the working class, says KEITH STODDART
DECISION TIME? A view of Edinburgh’s famous Princes Street
CHARLEY ALLAN reports from Clacton on Farage’s fears his by-election stunt has backfired
JEREMY CORBYN says we should never forget the horrific reality of nuclear weapons, or cease our efforts to rid the planet of them entirely
The new TUC Cymru general secretary speaks to Morning Star Wales reporter David Nicholson about her trade union background and ambitions for the movement
Internationalism is deeply embedded in socialist theory and practice. Examination illuminates its complexity asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
The Claudia Sheinbaum government is no pushover and is holding firm despite US abuses of the relationship, says DAVID RABY
As we approach the grim anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, SIMON BARROW sounds the alarm over the dangerous and murderous direction our government is heading
THIS year will be remembered in Scotland for Covid-19. In better circumstances it might have offered an opportunity for a full and searching national reflection on the 21st birthday of the Scottish Parliament and the question of where next for Scotland. This is what we need.
Our Parliament’s early days led to free bus travel for over-sixties, the ending of up-front fees for university, protections for further education, “free” personal care for the elderly, the ending of council house sales, feu (land tenure) duties and warrant sales.
In both composition and legislative programmes, the Scottish Parliament is not unlike Westminster, albeit without the boorish boys’ club vibe.
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