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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Political lobbying: capitalism, cronyism and corruption
STEVEN WALKER takes aim at the ever more indistinguishable agendas of corporate lobbyists and corporate politicians
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
THE influence of big business and capitalists to use their economic power and political class connections to gain access to taxpayers money via a friendly government is nothing new. Recent revelations about procurement of Covid-19 related supplies is just the latest squalid example.
Housing Minister Robert Jenrick’s “favour” to dining pal and Tory Party donor Richard Desmond over a planning application which saved him £45 million in local tax that would have helped one of the most deprived local areas in the country.
But rewind to 1994 and thanks to investigative journalism the cash for questions scandal was exposed, showing the role played by professional lobbyists working on behalf of big business.
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