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by Nana Backland, Merseyside Morning Star Readers & Supporters Group
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
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
Nature as well as society works dialectically, asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
Melissa Aldana and Crash Trio (Concord)
HER grandfather Enrique Aldana was one of Chile’s pioneer tenor saxophonist virtuosi and she inherited his instrument at the age of 16.Her father Marcos Aldana became a renowned jazz saxophonist at the Club de Jazz de Santiago.
And now his daughter Melissa, under his tutelage, has become her country’s most celebrated jazz expert, having been introduced to the Berklee College of Music by the Panamanian pianist Danilo Perez, and won the Thelonius Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition in 2013 — the first South American and the first woman ever to do so.
CHRIS SEARLE urges you to listen to two new albums by the US Indian pianist VIJAY IYER
CHRIS SEARLE speaks to US saxophonist CAROLINE KRAABEL
CHRIS SEARLE recommends a new album featuring Pat Thomas and Ahmed, and marvels at the tempestuous power of a live performance
As part of the 2025 London Jazz Festival Rich Mix offered intriguing sessions titled 'Persian Jazz,' CHRIS SEARLE was there