Andy Burnham’s growing stature has fuelled hopes of a Labour revival – but ALAN SIMPSON warns that Britain’s crisis runs far deeper than just its leadership and traces its roots to decades of financialised capitalism
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Letter from Labour Against the Witchhunt
Editor BEN CHACKO looks at the invaluable contribution the paper makes, and the headwinds it has to struggle against to get by, following the Morning Star’s 80th AGM this month
Recent violence in Belfast was not spontaneous — it was built on years of failure and political neglect, argues STIOFAN O NUALLAIN
The nationalisation move to Great British Railways (GBR) must be about more than just changing the livery, writes MARYAM ESLAMDOUST
Activists will urge MPs to protect the five-year settlement route and cut visa costs, warning reforms risk deepening inequality and labour shortages, says HARSEV BAINS
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the issues of liberty, safety and risk in relation to people receiving psychiatric treatment
This letter was submitted to the Morning Star having been refused publication in the Guardian
THE decision of the Labour Party to expel Jackie Walker for ‘“prejudicial and grossly detrimental behaviour” is both unfair and dishonest. Jackie was suspended over two years ago because of accusations of anti-semitism yet her expulsion was for “misconduct” (Labour expels Jackie Walker for leaked anti-semitism remarks, March 27th)
Jackie’s original remarks, such as not having found a definition of anti-semitism she could work with, were obviously not anti-semitic. Jackie’s real offence was being an anti-zionist. Because of the difficulty of making a charge of anti-semitism stick, Jackie’s alleged offence was changed to the subjective catch-all one of “misconduct.”
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