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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Remembering how to go the moon
The female scientist who spotted a potentially fatal computing error before the the Apollo 11 launch is among the unsung heroes of the lunar landing, write Rox Middleton, Liam Shaw and Joel Hellewell
Margaret Hamilton, who led the flight software team of Apollo 11
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
THIS month marked the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 — the first successful moon landing. A great deal of coverage focused on the three male astronauts who set foot on the moon, but the work to get them there required hundreds of thousands of people.
Todd Douglas Miller’s new documentary about the events, Apollo 11, uses newly discovered 70mm film from the Nasa archives to tell this story of collective achievement.
Rather than simply showing us Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins throughout the eight-day mission, Miller includes detailed footage of the Nasa employees working on the ground to make sure the mission succeeded.
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