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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India is literally fighting for breath
It’s time we ended this pandemic for everyone – rich and poor alike, says CLAUDIA WEBBE MP
AGONY: Relatives of a person who died of Covid-19 mourn outside a field hospital in Mumbai
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
WHILE we in Britain can be thankful that, due to the exceptional work of our NHS, Covid-19 cases are relatively low and lockdown measures are relaxing, around the world the pandemic is at an all-time peak.
Perhaps most concerning is India, which is suffering an exponential increase in Covid-19 cases, with over 300,000 new infections recorded each day.
In February 2021 the average number of new cases in India was 11,000, rising to an average of 22,000 new cases until this recent sharp rise.
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