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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Economic growth v a liveable planet: which side are you on?
When the Tories scapegoated their opponents as the ‘anti-growth coalition,’ the left and workers’ movement fell over itself to say the opposite was the case, however IAN SINCLAIR warns we have known for decades infinite growth on a finite planet is not a realistic possibility
ANSWERS NEEDED: People take part in a climate protest in Dublin
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
“THERE is no final victory, as there is no final defeat. There is just the same battle to be fought, over and over again. So toughen up, bloody toughen up.”
My main takeaway from Tony Benn’s wise words is that each new generation of activists and progressives need to fight and win the important arguments again and again and again.
Take, for example, former prime minister Liz Truss telling the recent Tory Party conference that those who oppose her government are the “anti-growth coalition.”
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