Andy Burnham’s growing stature has fuelled hopes of a Labour revival – but ALAN SIMPSON warns that Britain’s crisis runs far deeper than just its leadership and traces its roots to decades of financialised capitalism
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No more credit for carbon offset
Carbon market complexities are used to obfuscate the weak evidence that they can meaningfully reduce emissions, argue ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and JOEL HELLEWELL
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Editor BEN CHACKO looks at the invaluable contribution the paper makes, and the headwinds it has to struggle against to get by, following the Morning Star’s 80th AGM this month
Recent violence in Belfast was not spontaneous — it was built on years of failure and political neglect, argues STIOFAN O NUALLAIN
The nationalisation move to Great British Railways (GBR) must be about more than just changing the livery, writes MARYAM ESLAMDOUST
Activists will urge MPs to protect the five-year settlement route and cut visa costs, warning reforms risk deepening inequality and labour shortages, says HARSEV BAINS
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the issues of liberty, safety and risk in relation to people receiving psychiatric treatment
THE climate crisis produces a radical change in the needs and aims of both the world’s population and the powerful agents that shape our lives.
The crisis presents uncertainty: opportunities for both revolutionaries and reactionaries to seize control of the moment.
As climate consciousness has become mainstream, ideas in capitalism and neoliberal governance have evolved. One such idea is “green capitalism” in the form of carbon markets.
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