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Nato is a force for ever-increasing war
LINDSEY GERMAN explains why we should hit the streets to protest against Trump’s visit to Britain next month
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
LONDONERS will suffer the third visit of Donald Trump in just 18 months when he turns up for the Nato summit taking place here in early December.
While the summit itself will be held on the edge of London, there will be a glittering reception at Buckingham Palace on December 3, for which demonstrators are already preparing.
The visit will of course take place during the election, an election in which Trump has already intervened to back Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage.
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