TUC general secretary PAUL NOWAK speaks to the Morning Star’s Berny Torre about the increasing frustration the trade union movement feels at a government that promised change, but has been too slow to bring it about
No protection for Iran’s nurses
Employers have rewarded the sacrifice of Iranian nurses with sackings, unpaid salaries for shifts already worked and revolving 89-day contracts — one day short of any job security and rights. JAMSHID AHMADI reports
Worshippers wearing protective face masks to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus pray outside the mosque of the Tehran University
DIANE ABBOTT exposes the misconceptions, rumours and downright lies perpetrated around immigration issues
With 12,000 fewer teachers since 2010 and dwindling resources, Scotland’s schools desperately need investment to support diverse learners rather than empty promises from politicians, writes ANDREA BRADLEY
Reversing outsourcing is the pre-election promise the government must honour, says Unison general secretary CHRISTINA McANEA
EMAN ABU ZAYED reminisces about the perilous time her family and neighbours endured in northern Gaza and how they were forced, in fear of their lives, to flee south
The EIS president who defended Marxist politics in the 1980s fought Thatcherite educational policies while organising Teachers for Peace rallies and ensuring Morning Star circulation in Scotland’s pit villages and factories, writes JOHN FOSTER
THE failure of the Iranian regime to take effective measures to control the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak led to the country becoming the epicentre of the pandemic in the Middle East.
The regime’s treatment of its own healthcare professionals is increasingly coming under scrutiny, as the death toll rises and the demand for expert care increases.
However, the regime’s lack of care for its increasingly beleaguered population, suffering from continued sanctions from the United States as well as the government’s corruption and incompetence, is further exposed in its treatment of healthcare staff.
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The Islamic Republic is attempting to deflect from its own failures with a scapegoating campaign against vulnerable and impoverished migrants, writes JAMSHID AHMADI
As the regime in Iran continues to face international pressure to reduce its nuclear programme, workers continue to struggle for wages they can live on despite harsh repression of trade unionists, reports JAMSHID AHMADI
Activists who are carrying forward the democratic struggle of the Iranian people for peace, human rights and social progress need our urgent solidarity, says JAMSHID AHMADI
As a new president takes office amid a suspiciously low turnout, the regime’s grip on power grows ever more tenuous as the crises and rebellions become more regular, writes JAMSHID AHMADI
