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
It is unions that have given us hope of building a better Scotland after the pandemic
The values of our movement – of solidarity and co-operation – can prevail, says Scottish Labour leader RICHARD LEONARD
Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard speaks to NHS workers and UNISON members from Lothian Health Branch and Scottish Healthcare during a rally outside the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh
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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
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the legal case behind this weekend’s Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival and the lessons for today
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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
TODAY, representatives of Scotland’s organised labour movement meet in circumstances none of us could have predicted a year ago.
Bustling conference centres and the raucous entertainment of the Morning Star’s Congress social seem a distant memory — but recent news of the development of a vaccine has planted a seed of hope that this essential meeting of minds can resume in physical form next year.
But while we all want to see a sense of normality restored to our daily lives, this Congress is a chance for Scotland’s working people to affirm that there should be no return to the old, failed normal of Scotland’s politics and economics.
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