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
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Learning to be exploited
Teacher EFREM CRAIG explains how the underfunding of education benefits the capitalist class
POINTS MADE: (L to R) Picket line outside Bristol Cathedral School, College Square, Bristol on April 23 2023 and ttriking teachers march in Westminster on February 1 2023
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
Nature as well as society works dialectically, asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
Rising temperatures and human activity are making life far harder for these vital pollinators. ALEX DITTRICH explains
Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners co-founder MIKE JACKSON talks to Matt Kerr about the enduring power of Pride, protest and trade unionism
Behind the language of military strategy is a confrontation that risks drawing the wider Middle East into war, says STEVE BISHOP
IT SEEMS counterintuitive, or even conspiratorial, to believe that a government would intentionally damage its own education system.
Why would anybody choose to disadvantage children or fail to give them the skills needed to survive adult life?
This obviously isn’t the case for the entire education system. Regardless of who runs the government, it is a fact that at least some decent education must be delivered in order to ensure there are enough skilled people to work in future generations.
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