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
Progressive federalism for the working peoples of Britain
Looking ahead to the Communist Party of Britain’s forthcoming congress, Scottish secretary TOM MORRISON explains the need for a mass movement from below that’s rooted in local demands
A woman heads to the polls in Bridgend, Wales
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 concept of progressive federalism will debated at the forthcoming congress of the Communist Party. So what is progressive federalism and why is it central to our daily struggles across this island?
Communists believe that the concentrated power of capital can only be countered if working people are able to use their own collective power democratically at all levels.
Progressive federalism is about securing the institutions and continuing class mobilisation needed to do this across the nations and regions of Britain.
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