Robinson successfully defended his school from closure, fought for the unification of the teaching unions, mentored future trade union leaders and transformed teaching at the Marx Memorial Library, writes JOHN FOSTER
After the US midterms
The Democrats won big — but only because the alternative to Joe Biden’s administration was even less appealing. Despite the cries of ‘fascist’ and ‘socialist’ from the red elephant and blue donkey, little was at stake, writes ZOLTAN ZIGEDY
MOVING ON: Union members holds signs for Massachusetts Democrat Party candidate Muara Healey, who went on to become the state’s first female — and the US’s first openly lesbian — governor, while (left) Donald Trump’s style of Republicanism was seemingly rejected by voters
A judge in a German court ruled that the ban activity imposed on renowned Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah was unlawful, reports LEON WYSTRYCHOWSKI
At the very moment Britain faces poverty, housing and climate crises requiring radical solutions, the liberal press promotes ideologically narrow books while marginalising authors who offer the most accurate understanding of change, writes IAN SINCLAIR
From Gaza protest bans to proscribing Palestine Action, political elites are showing a crisis of confidence as they abandon Roy Jenkins’s apologetic approach for Suella Braverman’s aggressive ‘hate march’ rhetoric, writes PAUL DONOVAN
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the legal case behind this weekend’s Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival and the lessons for today
Ben Chacko talks to RMT leader EDDIE DEMPSEY about how the key to fixing broken Britain lies in collective sectoral bargaining, restoring unions’ ability to take solidarity strike action and bringing about the much-vaunted ‘wave of insourcing’
The summer of 1950 saw Labour abandon further nationalisation while escalating Korean War spending from £2.3m to £4.7m, as the government meekly accepted capitalism’s licence and became Washington’s yes-man, writes JOHN ELLISON
WITHOUT saying it in so many words, the Wall Street Journal summarised the results of the November 8 midterm election: the US electorate feared the Republicans more than they disliked the Democrats.
Historically, a major party with an incumbent president overseeing a painful economy, and with that president polling negatively, receives a big hit from the electorate. That didn’t happen this year.
As the Wall Street Journal puts it more diplomatically: “Voters were in a sour mood that usually signals that they are ready for change in Washington and state capitals. But in many cases, they were not looking for the change that Republican candidates were offering.”
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The prospect of the Democratic Socialists of America member’s victory in the mayoral race has terrified billionaires and outraged the centrist liberal Establishment by showing that listening to voters about class issues works, writes ZOLTAN ZIGEDY
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