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
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Muslim Association of Britain president Anas Altikriti gives an award to Jewish Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos
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
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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
PALESTINE solidarity champions were honoured with special awards by the Muslim Association of Britain at a Ramadan iftar on Sunday evening.
The In Faith and Solidarity: Honouring our Movement iftar brought together an audience of multiple faiths and none to hear speeches and prayers for Palestine before breaking the Ramadan fast together.
Among those honoured was Jewish Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos, who said his regular presence among the Jewish bloc on Palestine demos was an important way of demonstrating that they are not the “hate marches” depicted in Establishment media and were a welcoming space for Jews.
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