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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YCL 51st congress: a world to win – a world to save!
Young Communist League general secretary JOHNNIE HUNTER warns that grave challenges lie ahead, but there is always hope in the struggle
THE WRITING IS ON THE PLACARD: Bristol youth protest
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
GREETINGS to all the comrades and delegates from across Britain attending the 51st congress of the Young Communist League this weekend at Ruskin House.
The tasks confronting Britain and the world’s communist movement as we meet are as critical as the offensive that is being waged against our class, humanity and the planet.
Working people face a concerted assault on our wages and living standards by the ruling class and their Tory government, in conjunction with rank profiteering by the monopolies, banks and energy suppliers.
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