Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO says assessing a Labour leader whose mission was to smash the left must involve addressing the delusions that fuelled his rise
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No answers, no home, no justice, no change – Grenfell one year on
ANN CZERNIK asks why there are still so many outstanding questions surrounding the worst fire in post-war Britain
Rebuilding Labour’s working-class roots and organising power is essential if the party is to recover, says MERCEDES VILLALBA
ANDREW MURRAY looks back at a damaging career marked by dishonesty, incompetence and revolting complicity in war crimes
Britain’s historic vote to leave the EU was a rejection of the political Establishment and the strategic direction pursued by Britain’s ruling class since the second world war, writes ALEX GORDON
Over 1,000 hostile US sanctions remain in place on Venezuela, while Britain continues its colonial theft of gold, writes MATT WILLGRESS
MARY DAVIS says the centrality of the Jewish community and the Communist Party to anti-fascism in the 1930s is too often overlooked on the left
LOOKING back to the confusing, fearful, anxious days immediately following the worst fire in post-war Britain, it seems inconceivable there are still no answers, no homes for the majority of survivors and displaced and no justice.
Reputable cladding companies have anonymously told the Morning Star that, even now, they are still being asked to tender and supply plastic-based systems that are unfit for purpose and a danger to human life in the event of a fire.
Only a change in legislation will end this practice because 12 months after Grenfell a failing system is used to obtain building consents and approvals.
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