Editorial
Delay rather than resistance
Party political manoeuvring between the Greek social-democratic, conservative and fascist parties has delayed acceptance of the blackmail demands presented by the troika of European Union, International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank.
Features
An imperial adventure set to continue
The growing intervention in Syrian internal affairs demonstrates the West's blatant attempt to rally reactionary Arab forces in support of its continued domination of the region, says George Galloway
Letters
Dennis Skinner shows how to stick to principle
Friday 27 January 2012
Seeing me handing out free copies of the Morning Star in Lincoln's Inn Fields on November 30, Dennis Skinner popped over to have a chat (M Star letters, January 24).
Executives' notes offer a wealth of information
Friday 27 January 2012
Tom Sibley is right to point out that Communist Party (CP) executive and political committee minutes in the 1950s and '60s are of limited use to historians (M Star January 17).
No nukes is reason enough
Friday 27 January 2012
Your report on plans for a referendum on independence for Scotland did not mention that this was accompanied by a pledge that (with the SNP still at the helm) an independent Scotland would not allow nuclear weapons to remain in Scotland.
It's better than yet more roads
Friday 27 January 2012
Unlike Bill Banning (M Star Letters January 16) I am in favour of HS2. The reality is that if this government didn't spend money on the scheme, it'd either go on road-building or not be spent at all.
Labour's dead, we must build anew
Thursday 26 January 2012
News that the two Eds are not going to reverse any of the cuts to services or the pay and conditions of public-sector workers should come as no surprise.
Meagre cut of 5% is a drop in ocean of profit
Thursday 26 January 2012
All six energy companies announced a reduction in prices of around 5 per cent this month. So much for claims they don't act as a cartel.
Don't be fooled by rhetoric, it's still the Tories
Thursday 26 January 2012
I make no apology for attacking the Tory-led coalition for stealing the rhetoric of mutals and co-ops without backing it up with any action (M Star January 23).
Everyday evidence backs RMT's case
Thursday 26 January 2012
I had the misfortune to be trapped in a commuter's nightmare on Tuesday January 17.
Commies in co-ops?
Thursday 26 January 2012
Correct me if I am wrong, is my memory serving me well when I seem to recall that in the 1940s the John Lewis company required their employees to sign a document stating that they were not communists or members of the Communist Party?
Audacity of toffs in power never shocks
Wednesday 25 January 2012
Iain Duncan Smith's assumption that most of those affected by government proposals to cap benefits at £26k per annum were people who "had never worked and had no incentive to do so" is an absolutely crass and disingenuous suggestion.