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
False economies in Labour’s Budget
The economic value of disability benefits far outweighs their cost, argues Dr DYLAN MURPHY
UTTER REJECTION: A contingent od disabled protesters move towards Parliament Square, London, to repudiate Rachel Reeves spring statement last Wednesday
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
LAST Wednesday our economically illiterate Chancellor announced £5 billion worth of cuts to spending on disability benefits which the Department for Work and Pensions admits will drive at least 250,000 people, including 50,000 children, deeper into poverty.
In defending these killer cuts, Rachel Reeves arrogantly proclaimed: “I am absolutely certain that our reforms, instead of pushing people into poverty, are going to get people into work. And we know that if you move from welfare into work, you are much less likely to be in poverty.”
Reeves ignores the TUC research which reveals that non-disabled workers have higher pay on average to the tune of 17 per cent over disabled workers, which amounts to over £4,300 a year.
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