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
Feminists call for a rational debate on gender and the law
At a packed meeting of A Woman’s Place UK, feminists made clear the importance of sex-specific laws and research and the danger posed by muddled reforms, report LYNNE WALSH and ROS SITWELL
Karen Ingala Smith, of nia, speaks at the meeting
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
“WE are living in dangerous times,” feminist activist Ruth Serwotka told a packed meeting at London’s iconic Marx Memorial Library this week.
The latest Woman’s Place UK debate tackled five new resolutions from the group, which was set up to discuss the proposed changes to the Gender Recognition Act and has been holding meetings up and down Britain since late 2017.
First up, Serwotka, co-founder of the organisation, and convener of Socialist Feminist Network, said women’s right to self-organise had been under attack.
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This year’s Bristol Radical History Festival focused on the persistent threats of racism, xenophobia and, of course, our radical collective resistance to it across Ireland and Britain, reports LYNNE WALSH
LYNNE WALSH previews the Bristol Radical History Conference this weekend
