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
Practical solidarity with the people of Iran
Codir general secretary GAWAIN LITTLE explains the solidarity campaign's priorities as it holds its AGM this weekend
WOMEN, LIFE, FREEDOM: Protests over the death of Mahsa Amini at the hands of the ‘morality police,’ in downtown Tehran, Iran, September 2022
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 Committee for Defence of Iranian Peoples Rights (Codir) has a long history of supporting the struggle of the people of Iran. What are its current priorities?
GL: The Islamic Republic of Iran has been struggling with economic, social and cultural crises for a long time now. The theocratic dictatorship can’t offer any solution to the political, economic, environmental and cultural challenges the country is facing.
High unemployment and inflation, inequality, unprecedented environmental degradation, brain drain, repressive social conditions, rampant corruption, as well as the continuing threat of war are the realities facing Iran today.
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Payam Solhtalab talks to GAWAIN LITTLE, general secretary of Codir, about the connection between the struggle for peace, against banking and economic sanctions, and the threat of a further military attack by the US/Israel axis on Iran
Iran’s women’s rights movement now joins widespread unrest, as pensioners, steelworkers and students unite against corruption, repression and economic mismanagement by the theocratic regime, writes STEVE BISHOP
Activists who are carrying forward the democratic struggle of the Iranian people for peace, human rights and social progress need our urgent solidarity, says JAMSHID AHMADI