Andy Burnham’s growing stature has fuelled hopes of a Labour revival – but ALAN SIMPSON warns that Britain’s crisis runs far deeper than just its leadership and traces its roots to decades of financialised capitalism
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Nato’s doctrine of aggression is being challenged worldwide
In his concluding article on Nato Alan Mackinnon examines how the alliance and the EU fit into US global strategy and considers the main counter alliances that seek to challenge Washington’s hold on power
Editor BEN CHACKO looks at the invaluable contribution the paper makes, and the headwinds it has to struggle against to get by, following the Morning Star’s 80th AGM this month
Recent violence in Belfast was not spontaneous — it was built on years of failure and political neglect, argues STIOFAN O NUALLAIN
The nationalisation move to Great British Railways (GBR) must be about more than just changing the livery, writes MARYAM ESLAMDOUST
Activists will urge MPs to protect the five-year settlement route and cut visa costs, warning reforms risk deepening inequality and labour shortages, says HARSEV BAINS
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the issues of liberty, safety and risk in relation to people receiving psychiatric treatment
US global strategy is about containing, encircling and isolating its potential rivals by military and economic means.
Russia has huge oil and gas reserves and remains the main military rival with a formidable arsenal of nuclear weapons.
China is easily the biggest economic threat and, by some measures, its economy is already bigger than that of the US. Its military posture is overwhelmingly defensive and it lacks the ability to project military power outside its own area.
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