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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Attacks on our free speech and civil liberties must be resisted
20 years of anti-terror laws have left British people under unprecedented levels of surveillance, warns RICHARD RUDKIN
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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
ALTHOUGH they won’t admit it, governments are not over-keen on civil liberties.
Liberties make policing difficult and can be a hindrance when it comes to detecting, arresting and convicting people suspected of committing crimes.
However, in 1974, Harold Wilson’s Labour government deemed it necessary to temporarily set aside some civil liberties in order to protect the public.
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