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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Ken Livingstone must be reinstated into Labour
There is a world of difference between criticising Israeli government policies and anti-semitism, writes WALTER WOLFGANG
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
AS A Jewish member of the Labour Party, who escaped nazi Germany, I take the issue of antisemitism extremely seriously.
I am 93 years old. I was born in Germany in 1923. My family were persecuted by the nazis. So in 1937, at the age of 13, I left and came to live in Britain.
The nazis embraced anti-semitism and exterminated six million Jews. Their vile ideology must be fought and defeated.
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