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
On the relevance of Lenin's thought today
As Donald Trump returns, it’s also worth returning to Lenin’s analysis of imperialism, writes MATT WILLGRESS
PROTECTING THE INDEFENSIBLE: ProPalestine campaigners calling for an end to
arms sales to Israel are forcibly removed by
police during a protest outside the Thales
factory in Govan, Glasgow, in May 2024
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
Ben Chacko talks to RMT leader EDDIE DEMPSEY about how the key to fixing broken Britain lies in collective sectoral bargaining, restoring unions’ ability to take solidarity strike action and bringing about the much-vaunted ‘wave of insourcing’
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
EVIDENCE on all fronts shows we’re in the midst of global economic, social, political, military and climate crises that are on a scale unprecedented in their severity and depth in many of our lifetimes.
Into this scenario enters the returning Trump, launching a new phase in the ongoing war of US imperialism against the majority of humanity.
This is reflected internally in a deeply reactionary agenda, spearheaded by billionaires with radical plans to make it easier to sack workers, targetting already pitiful levels of public spending in terms of health and welfare; and a barrage of hate against black and migrant communities, women, disabled and LGBTQ+ people that involves revoking years of hard-won steps towards equality.
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Trump’s return when we already see a world at war, breathtaking inequality and climate catastrophe confirms Engles’ famous dichotomy, writes MATT WILLGRESS
With Trump coming back to power, interventions aimed at regime change and a far-right resurgence in the region are heavily on the agenda, writes MATT WILLGRESS, calling on the international left to prepare to act in solidarity
MATT WILLGRESS explains why only public ownership of water and energy supplies can stop the corporate rip-off and help tackle the many crises England faces
In a fringe speech for the Labour & Palestine campaign group, MATT WILLGRESS contrasts the government’s inaction with the TUC’s demands, calling for recognition of Palestine, an arms embargo and concrete steps to hold Israel accountable
