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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Rail safety is at stake for all of us
The recent crash in Ohio goes to shows how dangerous the kind of cuts the rail companies and government are trying to push through here in Britain can be, writes MICK LYNCH, ahead of the annual RMT health and safety conference
A man takes photos as a black plume rises over East Palestine, Ohio, as a result of a controlled detonation of a portion of the derailed Norfolk Southern train, February 6, 2023
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
AROUND 170 safety reps will attend the annual RMT health and safety conference in York on February 21 and 22.
The conference takes place against a backdrop of Network Rail, London Underground and the train operating companies wanting to push through a jobs cull as they seek to take advantage of the Covid crisis to deliver a devastating short-term cuts agenda on rail on behalf of a government that wants to slash £2.5 billion from the industry.
RMT has been at the forefront of the current wave of industrial action, in taking 19 days of strike action to oppose these attacks — with more industrial action scheduled for March.
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