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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We can’t let smears be used to silence criticism of the Israeli state
Resisting the right-wing witch-hunts means defending Corbyn while maintaining zero-tolerance for anti-semitism and all forms of racism, says LINDSEY GERMAN
Stop the War Coalition convener Lindsey German
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
WE have reached an incredibly dangerous moment for the left and the whole labour movement with the latest onslaught on Jeremy Corbyn.
It unites right-wing media, the Tories and those MPs on Labour’s right who are viscerally opposed to everything that he represents and are doing everything they can to destroy his leadership.
In the process, they are maligning many on the left, in the trade union movement and in grassroots campaigns, accusing them of a racism which should be unacceptable to any socialist, and which is still thankfully a rare occurrence within the left.
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