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
Defend and strengthen the trade union link
The left must be the strongest advocates of the unions’ essential bond with the Labour Party, writes MATT WILLGRESS
Trade union delegates take a vote
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
IN recent weeks, various media stories have sought to portray a big chasm between individual members of the Labour Party and trade unions.
Yet the votes and debates on the two issues much of the media were whipping up speculation about — the Green New Deal and Brexit — showed that the majority of affiliate and constituency Labour Party delegates were in very similar positions on these matters, and backing those adopted by the current Labour leadership.
Affiliates also proposed to conference 10 vital motions on a range of progressive issues, including on a socialist industrial strategy that can rebuild and transform Britain for the many not the few.
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