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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Thousands of migrants left in the lurch by self-isolation muddle
Under the government’s discriminatory immigration system, it remains unclear whether those with no recourse to public funds will have access to the new Covid emergency payment, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
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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 government introduced a new £500 emergency payment to help low-paid people who must self-isolate over Covid-19.
But in a sign of both the government’s lack of control and its mixed-up, discriminatory immigration system, ministers admitted they do not know if hundreds of thousands of migrants can apply for the self-isolation payment.
Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle pressed the government on this key issue and found that they, quite literally, do not know what they are doing.
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