TUC general secretary PAUL NOWAK speaks to the Morning Star’s Berny Torre about the increasing frustration the trade union movement feels at a government that promised change, but has been too slow to bring it about
Adelante! Trump, Latin America and the world: an inspiring and empowering conference
BEN CHACKO appreciates the largest Adelante! conference yet, and how much there was to learn about decolonisation and defiance across Latin America and beyond
Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel, centre, and Raul Castro, left, hold Cuban flags during a march marking the 172nd anniversary of the birth of national independence hero Jose Marti last month
DIANE ABBOTT exposes the misconceptions, rumours and downright lies perpetrated around immigration issues
With 12,000 fewer teachers since 2010 and dwindling resources, Scotland’s schools desperately need investment to support diverse learners rather than empty promises from politicians, writes ANDREA BRADLEY
Reversing outsourcing is the pre-election promise the government must honour, says Unison general secretary CHRISTINA McANEA
EMAN ABU ZAYED reminisces about the perilous time her family and neighbours endured in northern Gaza and how they were forced, in fear of their lives, to flee south
The EIS president who defended Marxist politics in the 1980s fought Thatcherite educational policies while organising Teachers for Peace rallies and ensuring Morning Star circulation in Scotland’s pit villages and factories, writes JOHN FOSTER
ALEIDA GUEVARA, daughter of Che, leading a packed hall in singing the Internationale.
Diplomats from Cuba, Venezuela and Colombia assessing the impact of Trump’s trade wars and mass deportations on Latin America. Break-out sessions looking at the continent’s place in black liberation, the new cold war and the rise of the global South.
The annual Adelante! conference, held in the National Education Union’s Hamilton House HQ yesterday, was as inspirational and intellectually stimulating as ever, and larger than ever before — with the audience filling overflow rooms as well as the main Mander Hall for the plenary sessions.
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