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
The popular uprising of the Iranian people goes on
The regime has already resorted to brutal, deadly violence to suppress protests, and is now indicating it will go even further – international solidarity is vital, writes PAYAM SOLHTALAB
An Iranian holds up the name of the young woman who died at the hands of the 'morality police' while a male protester displays the ‘women, life, freedom’ slogan of the uprising, before the start of the World Cup match with Wales in Qatar, November 25.
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
OVER recent weeks, Iran has been the scene of widespread protests following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of the so-called “morality police” in Tehran.
The country has seen popular protests in all of its 31 provinces, with protesters demanding basic human and democratic rights, as well as social justice. Protests are now into their ninth week, despite the dictatorship’s recourse to brutal violence.
The Iranian regime has been blindsided by the uprising. Despite its heavy-handed tactics and rhetoric casting all protesters as agents of the US, Britain and their regional allies, particularly Israel and Saudi Arabia, the protests rage on.
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PAYAM SOLHTALAB, of the Committee for Defence of Iranian People’s Rights, issues a call for support following the arrest of a leading teaching trade unionist by the Islamic Republic regime
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