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Our chance to throw the Tories out is finally here
MICK WHELAN, general secretary of train drivers’ trade union Aslef, writes for the Morning Star as voters prepare to go to the polls in the general election today
Mick Whelan with Labour candidate Matt Bishop, and a life size “Where’s Wally? Harper,” at Lydney station canvassing in Mark Harper’s Forest of Dean constituency
The Morning Star publishes an edited transcript of a speech by NICOLAS MADURO GUERRA, a Venezuelan MP and son of Venezuelan President Maduro. The speech was given at the recent Voices from Venezuela event marking two months since Trump’s attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of President Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores on January 3
From the hills of the England–Wales border, our new fortnightly nature columnist MARK SEDDON reflects on rebellion, faith and the small dramas of rural life — from medieval fugitives to the quiet rescue of a bucket of tadpoles
While public outrage has focused on the abuse committed within Jeffrey Epstein’s orbit, key questions remain unresolved, says JOHN GREEN
KEITH FLETT argues that we need to stand up to those in power every single time they transgress
Gloucestershire’s phlebotomists have brought their historic strike to a close after almost a year of action, leaving a legacy of determination – and a clear lesson about the power of solidarity in the face of anti-union laws and austerity, says FBU general secretary STEVE WRIGHT
SOME people — although not, I suspect, many who, like you, read and subscribe to the Morning Star — say, “We should keep politics out of… sport, education, whatever.” You know the sort of thing. It’s not possible, of course. Because everything in life that affects us — individually and collectively — is political.
That’s why this general election is so important. The way we vote — individually and collectively — is going to affect each of us, in every aspect of our lives, over the next five years.
And we cannot afford — emotionally, intellectually, financially — another five years of Conservative chaos. Britain deserves better. Much better than anything the Tories — who have targeted workers, as the Morning Star has reported every day for the past 14 years — can or ever will offer.
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