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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In search of the bees-knees of conservation
ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and JOEL HELLEWELL make the point that protection of species needs to be an all-encompassing ethos beyond the media-focused panda, gorilla or rhinoceros
A forager bee collecting pollen
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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
NEWS that farmed honeybee populations are booming forces us to consider how we understand conservation in the natural world.
There has been lots of great news for giant pandas in the last month.
Pandas have long been an emblem of conservation efforts due to the extremely low number of wild bears and the notorious difficulty in breeding the bears in captivity.
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