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
From Washington to Westminster, Labour’s rightward march continues
Women’s organiser CAROL STAVRIS delivered the main report to the Communist Party’s political committee on July 23, which is summarised in this article
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 the weeks since the general election, several high-profile events have enabled Prime Minister Keir Starmer to reassure Western imperialism’s ruling circles that there will be “no change” to British foreign policy.
For war not the poor
On July 9-11, at Nato’s 75th anniversary summit in Washington DC, Starmer voiced his enthusiastic support for continuing the war in Ukraine. Visiting Ukraine within 24 hours of his appointment as defence secretary, John Healey confirmed that Britain is supplying long-range Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine.
“That does not preclude them hitting targets in Russia,” he added, “but that must be done by the Ukrainians.”
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