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
Why is there money for ‘defence’ but austerity for the people?
JO GRADY explains why we must call for investment to be redirected away from militarism and foreign wars towards the public good
NO WAR: Protesters form a blockade outside weapons manufacturer BAE Systems in Glasgow, May 1 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
BRITAIN’S public infrastructure is broken, degraded by years of Tory cuts. Massive public investment to rectify this situation — in our colleges, universities, schools, hospitals, railways, local councils, you name it — could not be more urgent. Yet we must be patient, the new Labour government insists, as the Tories have “maxed-out the credit card.”
It seems odd, then, that while the government take policy decisions that will keep hundreds of thousands of children in poverty and subjects many more pensioners to freezing homes justified by fiscal prudence, the Prime Minister and Chancellor can nevertheless find billions for defence.
Though the Prime Minister has not yet named a specific timeline, he is steadfastly committed to hiking British defence spending — already the third-highest in Nato in absolute terms — to 2.5 per cent of GDP.
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MICAELA TRACEY-RAMOS agitates for British youth to engage in the fight for peace and the transfer of investment from armament to social programmes
