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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Stephen Kinnock’s cafe society
‘Having a coffee’ is hardly a sign of being insufferably middle class, writes REUBEN BARD-ROSENBERG
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
I DO NOT like charades. Neither the elongated attempt at family entertainment that ruins everybody’s Christmas gatherings, nor the spectacle of Labour politicians pretending to talk about class.
The experience would be less painful if the likes of Stephen Kinnock weren’t so crap at picking cultural metaphors.
But alas we must listen to his razor-sharp analysis that “messages about fast-paced economic change and globalisation may go down well in coffee bars in London, but don’t speak to workers whose factories are closing down.”
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