In the wake of Ann Widdecombe’s murder, JOHN GREEN wonders whether the government will really get to grips with the root cause of these attacks on our MPs
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Enemy of the People
KEITH FLETT looks at a Labour turncoat behind the ratcheting up of measures to courtail the right to protest
ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE: (L to R) Lord Walney; Just Stop Oil protesters outside New Scotland Yard in London on December 2 2023
[Walney pic: Public domain]
Despite the screeching from the right-wing media, Burnham’s speech chimed with the public mood - and socialists should take advantage, says Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO
Nature as well as society works dialectically, asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
Rising temperatures and human activity are making life far harder for these vital pollinators. ALEX DITTRICH explains
Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners co-founder MIKE JACKSON talks to Matt Kerr about the enduring power of Pride, protest and trade unionism
Behind the language of military strategy is a confrontation that risks drawing the wider Middle East into war, says STEVE BISHOP
JOHN WOODCOCK was a failure as a right-wing Labour MP between 2010-2019, having come from a New Labour pedigree.
In his final period as an MP he sat as an independent after allegations about his behaviour, never resolved, were made.
After losing his seat he was made a peer by Boris Johnson and his journey to the political right has continued since.
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