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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Soul and socialism
The left has had a shifting attitude towards religion, where identity, activism and alienation play their roles – but the atheist left might look to allies among the faithful for solidarity, writes MIKE COWLEY
FIGHTING THE SYSTEM: Trade unionist Jimmy Reid warned of the capitalist ‘rat race’
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
THE Marxist left’s relationship to religious belief is a complicated one. Our materialism precludes the superstitions of faith while a militant anti-clericalism informs our politics.
The active role of the church in some of history’s worst atrocities is well documented. In May, the Free Church of Scotland refused to apologise for receiving millions of pounds from slavery.
Social reformer and abolitionist Frederick Douglass demanded it “send back the money” when he toured Scotland in 1846.
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