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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The trade union movement must begin to actively co-ordinate strike action
Amid a spiralling cost-of-living crisis, unions must show unity in order to exert the largest possible force, says RMT general secretary MICK LYNCH
RMT general secretary, Mick Lynch, on a picket line outside Euston station in London, June 2022
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
THIS year’s TUC finds a trade union movement renewed, confident and most importantly, unafraid to flex its industrial muscle.
The cost-of-living crisis has escalated, with rapidly rising inflation, runaway energy prices and continued suppression of wages.
As a result, unions have started to ballot their members over pay, jobs and working conditions. And in many cases have either won disputes or begun to take industrial action.
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