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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A tireless voice for peace
To mark Jeremy Corbyn’s 40 years as an MP, LINDSEY GERMAN of Stop the War looks at his remarkable history of anti-war activism – and warns we need more such voices today
A VOICE TO BE RECKONED WITH: Jeremy Corbyn speaks to protesters outside the Houses of Parliament as the Bill on minimum service levels during strikes reaches its second reading, January 16 2023
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
WHEN the attacks on the Twin Towers on September 11 happened we were told it was impossible to build an anti-war movement.
The horror at those events in 2001 meant that war was inevitable and that those speaking out against it would be totally marginal.
But when some of us involved in campaigning against war and globalisation decided to organise a meeting regardless, Jeremy Corbyn was one of the first people we phoned.
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