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 struggles of a century – and into the future
Communist Party centenary project officer PHIL KATZ looks back at a year of achievement and the opportunity of future advance
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
AS THE centenary year of the Communist Party draws to a close, it’s possible to state with confidence that there’s more — and possibly the best — yet to come.
December 2020 will be notable for the convening of an important conference on the Future of Work and the message of a belief in the future will be reinforced, as the party gets behind the Youth Charter, recently published by the Young Communist League.
Back in June 2019, a committee was convened made of CP members and allies to discuss what kind of ideas, events, campaigns and publications would be a fitting way to celebrate 100 years of struggle for socialism.
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