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
Nicaragua and Palestine: an enduring, mutual solidarity
The Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign Action Group's HELEN YUILL tells the story of solidarity between two small nations, that despite geographical distances, that have united in their struggle against imperialism and colonialism
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
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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
THE roots of these links extend back to the anti-imperialist struggle led by Augusto Sandino from 1927 to 1933. Sandino, considered a revolutionary hero in Latin America, led a rebellion against the US occupation of Nicaragua.
A Colombian-born Palestinian named Ghadeer Abu Sneineh joined Sandino’s guerilla army, recognising parallels between the oppression by colonial powers in Latin America and Palestine. Following Sandino’s assassination by the US-backed Somoza, Abu Sneineh travelled to Palestine to join the 1936 Arab revolt against British colonial rule.
Three years after the Establishment of the Sandinista National Liberation Front, (FSLN) in 1961, the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) was founded. The FSLN sent combatants to Lebanon to train alongside PLO fighters: one notable figure was Patricio Arguello, a Nicaraguan US, who trained in Palestinian camps in Jordan and was killed during an internationalist mission to free Palestinian prisoners.
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