ALAN SIMPSON offers a few pointers on dealing with the ongoing, Trump-led destruction of the norms of a rules-based international order established post-WWII
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A progressive Brexit is possible
Amid difficult political terrain, the Labour leadership has spelled out how to advance working-class interests without conceding to xenophobia or nationalism in a post-Brexit Britain, says VINCE MILLS
Jeremy Corbyn has set out a Brexit negotiating strategy that would maintain trade ties while restoring democratic control of the economy
The Morning Star publishes an edited transcript of a speech by NICOLAS MADURO GUERRA, a Venezuelan MP and son of Venezuelan President Maduro. The speech was given at the recent Voices from Venezuela event marking two months since Trump’s attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of President Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores on January 3
From the hills of the England–Wales border, our new fortnightly nature columnist MARK SEDDON reflects on rebellion, faith and the small dramas of rural life — from medieval fugitives to the quiet rescue of a bucket of tadpoles
While public outrage has focused on the abuse committed within Jeffrey Epstein’s orbit, key questions remain unresolved, says JOHN GREEN
KEITH FLETT argues that we need to stand up to those in power every single time they transgress
Gloucestershire’s phlebotomists have brought their historic strike to a close after almost a year of action, leaving a legacy of determination – and a clear lesson about the power of solidarity in the face of anti-union laws and austerity, says FBU general secretary STEVE WRIGHT
IN THE days preceding Jeremy Corbyn’s Coventry speech on Labour’s relationship to the EU, the Labour leader could have been forgiven for feeling that he was being surrounded.
On one side were the anti-Brexiteers, from the right of the Labour Party marching under the banner of Progress, arguing that an imagined economic catastrophe can only be avoided, at the very least, by remaining in the single market and the customs union (note the use of the definite article).
More than 80 notables in the Labour Party had signed a joint letter to the Observer the day before the speech, urging Corbyn to support Britain’s continued membership of the single market.
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