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
The silent drift into war
With Ukraine firing British-made missiles into Russian territory, the risk of being dragged into world war III is greater than ever – so why is there scarcely a murmur from our political class, asks ANDREW MURRAY
VOICE OF PEACE: Jeremy Corbyn has been one of only a handful of MPs to challenge the rush to war
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
IF WORLD WAR THREE does break out over Ukraine, it will surely come as a surprise to most of the House of Commons.
An eminent historian has blamed the onset of the first world war on “sleepwalkers” in the chancelleries of the great powers, dozing as Europe drifted into carnage.
But even sleepwalking does not adequately describe today’s parliamentarians in the face of the ever-escalating conflict in eastern Europe, since it at least implies some form of movement, however somnambulant.
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