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
The people have spoken, but think carefully about what they said
Labour cannot afford ‘business as usual,’ or we risk a Farage-led right resurgence — from nationalisation to climate action, the public wants progressive policies, argues DIANE ABBOTT MP
LABOUR CONCERN: (Above) Aslef union picket line at Waterloo station in London in January 2024
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
THE 2024 general election is probably the most extraordinary of my lifetime, or certainly at least since the turmoil of the elections in the early 1970s.
That crisis, finally facing up to post-World War II decline, was not at all resolved by Thatcherism (except politically), but was postponed by the inflow of North Sea oil revenues.
I believe we may be in the midst of another tumultuous period, giving rise to a new political settlement. Progressive forces need to intervene strongly to prevent another terrible political outcome.
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Every Starmer boast about removing asylum-seekers probably wins Reform another seat while Labour loses more voters to Lib Dems, Greens and nationalists than to the far right — the disaster facing Labour is the leadership’s fault, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
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Our Foreign Secretary now condemns Israel in the Commons, yet Britain still supplies weapons and intelligence for its bombing campaigns — as the horror reaches perhaps the final stage, action must finally replace words, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
