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
Nato is an imminent threat to world peace
CHRIS NINEHAM looks at the alliance’s interventionist history and its deranged bid to expand operations to every corner of the world
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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
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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
NATO is not a force for peace or stability as some claim. It has been central to the US imperial project ever since it was set up in close collaboration with the British Labour government in the spring of 1949.
Donald Trump likes to pose as a disrupter, a leader who doesn’t do alliances. But when he comes to the London Nato summit next week he is going to be demanding more money for Nato and a wider remit so that Nato can pursue more wars and interventions out of its traditional area of operations. Boris Johnson will be his most loyal supporter.
From the start Nato played a number of useful roles for the US. It was designed to limit Russian influence in Europe but it also helped to ensure US dominance of Europe.
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