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
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How social media is transforming British Jewish identity
The concept of Jewishness is being radically reconfigured through the Twittersphere, write HEATHER MENDICK and ABBY HOFFMANN
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
Nature as well as society works dialectically, asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
Rising temperatures and human activity are making life far harder for these vital pollinators. ALEX DITTRICH explains
Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners co-founder MIKE JACKSON talks to Matt Kerr about the enduring power of Pride, protest and trade unionism
Behind the language of military strategy is a confrontation that risks drawing the wider Middle East into war, says STEVE BISHOP
THE row about anti-semitism in the Labour Party started soon after Jeremy Corbyn was elected and intensified in the run-up to the 2016 and 2018 local elections.
There have been so many words written about it, we’ve been reluctant to add to them. The weaponisation of anti-semitism against the left and how it is used to silence criticism of Israel are well-rehearsed.
However, very little has been written about how it is used to police British Jewish identity and, in particular, how social media is becoming a battleground for Jews with different political positions.
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