Nearly two decades after leaving office, the former PM is still trumpeting the same futile militarism and failed free market dogmas. The question naturally arises: why does anyone still listen to him, says ANDREW MURRAY
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What this new period means for our class
This is the finale to decades of free-market ideological war on our jobs, homes and lives. What seems like chaos reigns, but we must realise this is a well-organised attack – and our response must be too, writes HELEN O’CONNOR
We need to invigorate our movement, welcome in the best and the brightest, openly discuss class politics and arm them with the knowledge and skills they need to become committed and knowledgeable workers’ leaders.
Very modest growth in membership serves to underline the need for a change of recruiting strategies, posits NIGEL FLANAGAN
DIANE ABBOTT debunks claims made politicians drumming up support for an enhanced militarisation of the British economy
The Morning Star’s AGM tour comes at a critical moment for both the British left and the newspaper itself, as it battles political fragmentation and media industry upheaval. Editor BEN CHACKO issues a clarion call to readers to play their part in the coming period
The growing argument that welfare must be sacrificed for ‘security’ is built on nothing but myth, argues MICHAEL BURKE
Esmond Romilly horrified Britain’s Establishment by turning from privileged schoolboy to anti-fascist fighter, writes MAT COWARD
AS SOCIALISTS and trade unionists, we recognise that we are entering a new period of endemic political and economic instability.
For the last 40 years the neoliberal experiment and globalisation rested on the capitalist class taking many of the important gains made by previous generations of working-class people.
A deliberate and highly organised strategy was deployed by big business and their backers to weaken and divide the labour and trade union movement and this has been highly successful.
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