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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Europe – where now after Brexit?
Communist Party general secretary ROBERT GRIFFITHS asks what are the outstanding questions three years on from Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union
THE REMAIN ELITE: Then chancellor George Osborne (third left) campaigns for Remain in Belfast, June 2016
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
RENEGOTIATION of the Northern Ireland Protocol signalled the desire of the British ruling class for rapprochement with the EU.
Most of big business and its Tory government never wanted Brexit. The CBI, the Institute of Directors, the City banks and all the major employers’ federations urged the electorate to stay in the EU and its single market.
They put their money where their mouths were, helping the Remain campaign outspend Leave by £19 million to £13m, while the Cameron-Osborne government spent £9m sending a pro-EU brochure to every household in Britain.
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