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
Germany: the 'traffic light' that bays for war
Across the political spectrum in Europe's most powerful nation there is a growing desire for confrontation with Russia and a new era of military intervention globally — and now even the radical left is folding on this crucial issue, reports VICTOR GROSSMAN
MILITARISTS UNITED: Nancy Pelosi (left) meets the German Greens’ Annalena Baerbock
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
ALL is not well here in Germany. Anxiety is widespread, for living costs have soared — gas and electricity but also groceries: meat and sausage, fruits and vegetables, bakery products, even margarine. The many, many foodbanks for the hungry, more than a few of them from the middle class, can no longer cope. Most frightening of all are the mounting monthly costs for apartments in a nation of renters.
Behind this distress — and for many like me, the most painful — is the Ukrainian war. Distorted or not, every report, every picture of death and destruction wrenches at my heart. Though I was always lucky enough to escape it, I hate war. And especially heart-wrenching for me is that Vladimir Putin, despite my hopes and expectations, took that fateful step on February 24 and sent troops, tanks and planes across the Ukrainian border.
There are so many uncomfortable questions. Yes, Russia has its oligarchs — too damned many in my view. And delusions of grandeur may be found in Putin’s court-like appearances, and possible overindulgence of Russian national pride.
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In part two of May’s Berlin Bulletin, VICTOR GROSSMAN, having assessed the policies of the new government, looks at how the opposition is faring
In part one of his Berlin bulletin, VICTOR GROSSMAN assesses the economic and political difficulties facing the new Merz government — and a regrettable ruling-class consensus on the solutions
VICTOR GROSSMAN believes peace in Ukraine needs to come before anything else and abhors the EU's insane drive to keep the war going on
VICTOR GROSSMAN reports, with a little chuckle, on how US readiness to work with Russia, not just on peace for Ukraine, has thrown a spanner into the German electoral machine
