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
‘Things are going to slide’ — politics in turmoil
Visionary leadership is needed to tackle the existential climate crisis, but Labour risks squandering any opportunity for transformative change by clinging to the neoliberal economic orthodoxy, writes ALAN SIMPSON
MESSAGE STILL UNHEEDED: Protest at UN Climate Change Conference - COP15 - Copenhagen, Denmark in 2009
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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
IN ANY crisis Tony Benn was always the best person to turn to for an answer. And so it is now.
Europe is faced with the resurgent success of far-right parties. Both the left and centre right struggle for answers. Meanwhile, climate scientists report that we had the world’s warmest May on record (and the 12th consecutive month doing so).
Greece closed its schools as temperatures raced past 40°C. Florida faced 11 inches of rain in 24 hours, sweeping away all semblance of normal life. In Spain, from Murcia to Majorca, the same torrential downpours raced through their streets creating havoc.
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