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Tony Benn: 1925-2014
A giant of socialism dies peacefully at home
Today’s interconnected conflicts are enriching the arms industry while pushing the entire world towards permanent militarisation, argues ROGER McKENZIE
by Nana Backland, Merseyside Morning Star Readers & Supporters Group
The government’s Pip review looks like a carefully managed exercise in legitimising future cuts to disability support, argues Dr DYLAN MURPHY
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
Tony Benn was a lion-hearted activist in the front ranks of Britain's labour and progressive movement.
He was loved and revered by millions of working people, despite vicious Establishment attempts to ridicule and destroy him.
His name will live on in history as one of Britain's greatest campaigners for socialism and democracy.
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