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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No-one should decide Syria’s fate but the Syrian people themselves
There’s no reason to take Western powers’ ‘motives’ in Syria at face value. ALISON BANVILLE reports from Damascus
Despite the screeching from the right-wing media, Burnham’s speech showed that far from being stuck in the past — he’s learning from it, 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
APRIL 14, Damascus: This morning, here in Damascus, I was woken in the early hours by the booming sound of explosions.
I knew immediately the US had bombed — with help from Britain and France, as we now know.
You really cannot imagine what it's like to be here and hear something like that as you lie in your bed, not just because it’s pretty frightening, obviously, but because of what it means. Let’s set it out, shall we?
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