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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
FATHER of the National Health Service Aneurin “Nye” Bevan famously observed that the NHS would last “as long as there are folk left with the faith to fight for it.”
Tredegar town councillor Mark Turner has that faith, as do his fellow council members and his union Unite, which have all come together to organise a Bevan Day festival to mark the 70th anniversary of what he calls “the best socialist model in the UK.”
Turner — known universally as Pasty, being born in Newlyn and a proud Cornishman — was instrumental in getting the council to mark the birth of the NHS last year with a family day.
The Durham Miners’ Gala is a celebration of working-class culture, but also a call to action — to rebuild workers’ collective strength, says KIM JOHNSON MP
In the final part of LAYTH YOUSIF'S series on the history of the NY Cosmos, he traces their experiences which have made them the team that always has success in their sights
In the second of a series of interviews with leaders of progressive parties in Wales ahead of the May 7 Senedd election David Nicholson talks to Welsh Green Party leader ANTHONY SLAUGHTER
