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
Remembering Claudia Jones – a paragon of communist activism
DAVID HORSLEY points to the continued relevance of an inspirational black communist whose 110th birthday anniversary will be celebrated on Sunday
ONE OF A KIND: (L to R) Claudia Jones at her West Indian Gazette desk in the 1960s; a statue of her by Nigerian-born British artist Favour Jonathan in Windrush Square in front of the Black Cultural Archives
[(L to R) NY Public Library/public domain - Matt Brown/CC] 
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
“AS A child of eight I came to the United States from Port of Spain, Trinidad, British West Indies. My mother and father had come to this country two years earlier in 1922. Like thousands of the West Indian immigrants, they hoped to find their fortunes in America where ‘gold was to be found on the streets’ and they dreamed of rearing their children in a ‘free America.’ This dream was soon disabused. Together with my three sisters, our family suffered not only the impoverished lot of working-class native families and its multi-racial populace, but early learned the scourge of indignity stemming from Jim-Crow national oppression.”
These words, written by Claudia Jones, encapsulate the experiences of many migrants seeking a new life in capitalist countries over many years.
They also express the exploitation and racism experienced by the whole working class under capitalism which seeks to divide and rule. Claudia Jones understood the only way to combat and overcome was through the unity of migrants and the working class.
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