The Tories introduced the 50% strike ballot threshold to make industrial action harder. MATT WRACK argues that a Labour government has no justification for leaving it on the statute book
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No method in this madness
Nato 2030 report United for a New Era is further proof of the alliance’s delusions of grandeur and proof it urgently needs a reality check. RAE STREET reports
HIROSHIMA UNLEARNED: B61-12 nuclear bomb
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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
The new PM’s opening addresses offered hope, council homes and reform — but little detail on how any of it will be delivered, warns CLAUDIA WEBBE
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
Scotland's Labour leader cannot continue to evade responsibility for the party's decline, argues LAUREN HARPER
Nature as well as society works dialectically, asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
NATO recently commissioned a report on its own future from 10 experts appointed by the secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg.
It opens with congratulations to themselves, as according to the authors, Nato is the “most successful alliance in history.”
I guess it depends on how you define “success.” Provoking conflict by expansion?
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