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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As well as our industrial strength, we need to build up reserves of class pride — and events like this festival are key, writes general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers CHRIS KITCHEN
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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
AS we approach the 40th anniversary of the start of the miners’ strike against pit closures next year, it is striking just how little things have changed for working people and how important trade unions still are in our society.
Almost 40 years ago under Thatcher’s Tory government Britain’s coal miners went from being the “salt of the Earth” providing the coal that generated most of our electricity and kept our homes, schools and hospitals warm to being “the enemy within,” causing disruption and inconvenience for the country because we stood up to a government that was intent on destroying our industry and communities.
After the strike and the Tory government’s vicious programme of pit closures, what was left was privatised so that profit and shareholder dividends were the goals, not providing a vital commodity for the nation and decent secure jobs.
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