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
Spectre of hyper-inflation continues to haunt Argentinian economy
The underlying structural problems of the republic’s economy are rooted in a neocolonial and neoliberal world order, argues BERT SCHOUWENBURG
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
THE abrupt resignation of economy minister Martin Guzman on July 2 was the most significant casualty to date of the power struggle between Argentinian President Alberto Fernandez and his deputy Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and their respective supporters in the ruling Frente de Todos coalition government.
Guzman was the architect of a restructure of the remaining $44 billion of a $55bn International Monetary Fund loan, obtained in dubious circumstances by the previous corrupt government of Mauricio Macri in 2018.
Critics say that the price of the restructure is too high. In return for postponing repayment until 2026, Argentina must decrease subsidies on public services, cut spending, reduce monetary emissions and increase interest rates as a means of combating the chronic inflation that has long afflicted the country.
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