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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Anty-capitalists and anty-communists
How do we hold on to the belief in our own power to contribute to the world in a huge and complex society of billions of people? Sometimes it helps to watch ants, explain ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and JOEL HELLEWELL
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
IN A world of nearly eight billion people, it can be easy to feel small and unimportant. Particularly when the political climate is hostile and the prospects for change seem bleak.
Nevertheless, change is made by the people that work together to build incredible things. The great pyramids and cathedrals, all of the grandeur of human engineering, the feats of mass education, health provision and food distribution are built by people working together to create the world we live in.
Even where these feats have been made by people coerced by violence or deprivation, they show the total reliance of capital and bosses on the incredible power produced entirely by workers.
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