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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'Shitstorm'
It is three in the morning and PETER FROST is awaken by a truly Wagnerian thunderstorm — it turns out to be the mother of scores of shitstorms all around Britain’s coast
(L to R) Cartoon by JAB; Hastings and St Leonards Clean Water Action, protest against raw sewage release incidents on the beach in St Leonards, Sussex last Friday
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
IT was the middle of the night — nearer three in the morning in fact - when I was woken from my slumbers by the sound of thunder and bright flashes of lightning combined with the lovely sound of huge walnuts of raindrops knocking on the windows.
I’d left the bedroom windows wide open to combat the heavy heat of the day but it was still uncomfortably hot and sweaty so the storm was a refreshing blessing — like manna from heaven indeed. Both I and my parched garden simply needed the rain, and the more the better.
I little realised just what a terrible effect all that rain would have nationwide nor that it would introduce a brand new word into my vocabulary.
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