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
Back to the future for Britain and the EU?
Amid shortages of certain foodstuffs, voices have been raised that a return to the EU might be desirable. BERT SCHOUWENBURG warns that the policies of the European suprastate are no panacea for Britain’s problems
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
LONG queues of coaches and cars trying to get onto Dover ferries and television pictures of empty shelves in British supermarkets have prompted renewed calls for Britain to rejoin the European Union.
Social media has been full of messages from enraged consumers blaming Brexit for their inability to buy tomatoes and cucumbers that are usually readily available all year round and heaping ridicule on the hapless Secretary of State for Environment, Therese Coffey for suggesting that they eat turnips instead.
Turnips aside, the claim that Brexit is responsible for the shortages is difficult to sustain. As stated in a previous issue of the Star, the principal reason for the paucity of fresh produce is British farmers’ understandable reluctance to grow crops at a loss, because of soaring energy bills combined with the supermarkets’ refusal to buy from them at a price that would at least cover their costs.
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