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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Erdogan on the ropes — but what comes next?
Tony Burke spoke to the HDP’s HISYAR OZSOY about why Turkey’s most powerful leader since its founder may be facing defeat in the upcoming elections at the hands of a broad opposition alliance
AKP supporters listen to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during an election campaign rally in Ankara, Sunday April 30, 2023, (right) Hisyar Ozsoy of the left-wing opposition HDP party.
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
IT will be “make or break” for democracy in Turkey as the country goes to the polls to elect a new president and parliament on Sunday May 14.
Polling inside the country shows that Turkey’s long-time authoritarian president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, his Justice and Development Party and the newly formed opposition alliance are neck and neck with Erdogan, with the opposition narrowly behind in the polls.
But the signs are that Erdogan’s 20-year grip on power may now be loosening. He recently fell ill on live TV (claiming to have stomach flu) which damaged his image of being indestructible.
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