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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
The fight to save trade union learning needs the support of the entire movement
by the Campaign to Save the Glasgow Trade Union Education Centre
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
IN MAY of this year management of the City of Glasgow College made the decision to close the Glasgow Trade Union Education Centre.
The centre, which has been in existence, in one form or another, for over 30 years, has provided a wide range of training opportunities to thousands of shop stewards, union reps and members working in different sectors of the Scottish economy. It is a vital resource for the trade union movement and for the wellbeing of Scotland and its prosperity.
Over the summer the staff at the college, working with the STUC, put together a proposal that would secure the long-term future of the centre. The plan was based on a realistic expectation of the take-up of courses and student demand. The financial projections to accompany the proposal were sound.
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