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by Nana Backland, Merseyside Morning Star Readers & Supporters Group
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
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
Nature as well as society works dialectically, asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
NEWS this week has hit of Labour’s plan to focus on flag and patriotism to win back voters in the traditional heartlands of Britain.
The feeling that we are ultimately left with here at No Holding Back is how desperately sad and misguided this whole situation appears to be.
There is obviously a will of sorts from the leadership of the Labour Party to deal with the electoral problems that we undoubtedly have – with them investing heavily in focus groups and rebranding consultants – but with only a matter of months before local elections there definitely needs to be a realisation that hollow efforts will not be enough.
IAN LAVERY MP warns that decades of neoliberal policies have left former industrial communities behind — but a renewed Labour commitment to working people could change the political landscape
Established as a landmark victory for the climate movement, the CCC promised to hold governments to account. Today, it is understating the danger of climate chaos and impeding the radical action needed, says IAN SINCLAIR
Former Labour MP LAURA SMITH makes the case for The Many slate in the elections to Your Party’s new executive
