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
A people’s plan for action
Clydebank TUC secretary TOM MORRISON welcomes moves to unite the various anti-austerity campaigns in Scotland
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
SCOTLAND, like the rest of Britain, has had yet another Tory prime minister foisted upon it. Austerity has returned to the political agenda with any pretence of “levelling up” binned.
Rampant inflation and soaring energy costs, rising debt with the possibility of securing an affordable mortgage a pipe dream, our health service at risk of being overwhelmed — all that is still with us, as are plans for more anti-trade union legislation.
Pension fund collapse is maybe not such a possibility given the latest Chancellor (at the time of writing) has succumbed to the wishes of the market.
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