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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If the right wing remove Corbyn, the ideals that we share will be defeated
An open letter to my good friend Simon Hattenstone, from KEN LOACH
Jeremy Corbyn on stage at the Labour Live festival this summer
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
DEAR Simon,
I was about to drop you a note to say I enjoyed your piece on Man City’s film series — spot on! Promotional ads masquerading as documentaries.
Then I was sent your comment piece in the Guardian, “I still don’t believe Corbyn is anti-semitic – but his ‘irony’ comments unquestionably were.”
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