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
We need a New Deal for Workers now
For too long, the balance has been tipped in favour of the employers and against the workers, but we can’t wait about for Labour to redress the situation – we must exert pressure on our politicians immediately, writes RMT general secretary MICK LYNCH
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 cost-of-living crisis and the grotesque inequality of wealth in our society are the tip of the iceberg when it comes to deep disparities of class and power.
Big businesses, the City and the super-rich wield huge economic and political power.
And working people and small businesses who have carved out a stake in society are seeing that diminish through wage suppression and bumper profits for the super-rich.
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From a progressive transport agenda, to public spending, investment and sectoral collective bargaining, our union wants to see the long-overdue improvements that workers need and deserve, says MICK LYNCH
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From defending Scotland’s ticket offices to making the case for a People’s CalMac, my union will be standing firm across the rail and maritime industries, says MICK LYNCH
