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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Sinking below the waves
PETER FROST looks a bit deeper into the troubled waters left behind by the Cop26 climate conference in Glasgow
A view of the Shetland Isles
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
ALL THE fuss of the Glasgow Cop conference is over. Will much come of it except a few useful video clips for Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s next election campaign? Frankly, I doubt it. I think Greta Thunberg got it just about right with her “blah, blah, blah” comment.
The world’s stateswomen and men, at least those who were at Glasgow, insisted they were having to take a global view, but I think it is easier to put in perspective if we look at the smaller, more detailed changes that climate catastrophe will bring.
For me, the most disappointing and frankly terrifying news to emerge was the threat to some of my favourite kinds of places. I’ve always loved islands and low-lying estuaries, the places where sea and land meet.
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