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
‘Come see Nicaragua’s reality for yourself’
Challenging critics of the Sandinista government, the young Nicaraguan union leader FLAVIA OCAMPO speaks to Roger McKenzie about the nation’s progressive health system and how trade unions have been at the centre of social progress
FIRST-HAND VIEW: Flavia Ocampo says Nicaragua has been a victim of deliberate fake news and people should judge for themselves by visiting the country
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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
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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
FLAVIA OCAMPO has a really infectious revolutionary spirit.
I interviewed the young Nicaraguan trade union leader while she was in Birmingham as a guest of the Unison West Midlands International Forum.
As I spoke with Ocampo, I was reminded of the words of the legendary Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara when he said: “If you tremble with indignation at every injustice, then you are a comrade of mine.”
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