The Tories introduced the 50% strike ballot threshold to make industrial action harder. MATT WRACK argues that a Labour government has no justification for leaving it on the statute book
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Our opportunity to build the forces for socialist revolution
JOHNNIE HUNTER reflects on time on the Communist Party campaign trail – and what happens next
SPREADING THE WORD: Bury South communist candidate Dan Ross and supporters leafletting the constituency
In the wake of Ann Widdecombe’s murder, JOHN GREEN wonders whether the government will really get to grips with the root cause of these attacks on our MPs
The new PM’s opening addresses offered hope, council homes and reform — but little detail on how any of it will be delivered, warns CLAUDIA WEBBE
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
Scotland's Labour leader cannot continue to evade responsibility for the party's decline, argues LAUREN HARPER
Nature as well as society works dialectically, asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
WE’RE now less than a week away from a long-awaited general election which will have a decisive impact on the trajectory of the class struggle for the years to come.
The past five weeks of campaigning from the ruling-class political parties have confirmed what we already knew.
The policy “gulf” between Rishi Sunak’s Tories and Keir Starmer’s Labour is virtually non-existent. The ruling class is quite content with the prospect of a Starmer government.
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