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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It is time to take a stand for a democratic Labour Party representing workers, not big business donors
JON TRICKETT MP appeals to MPs, Labour in the regions and affiliated unions to confront Labour's current dangerous trajectory
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
NO-ONE would argue that the labour movement ought to remain stuck in the past. Change is necessary to adapt to the new times we live in. The 24/7 media culture for example requires our leadership to exercise speed, subtlety, and agility.
But recent developments in the Labour Party have led to alarm bells ringing for everyone concerned at the erosion of democracy.
We are now at a tipping point. It is time to take a stand.
Too often London-based operatives are intervening in local party matters. A sitting Labour mayor was removed by fiat as a potential candidate. The action against Jamie Driscoll has provoked even the Guardian to label this action as “McCarthyite”.
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