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
How Sylvia Pankhurst fought tirelessly for working-class women and against fascism
RACHEL HOLMES explains how the socialist Pankhurst’s feminist internationalism developed through living in London’s exploited East End and opposing the rising tide of the far-right
Sylvia Pankhurst
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
SYLVIA PANKHURST and Clara Zetkin were firm friends. They met in the early 20th century through the international Women’s Socialist Organisation.
Clara Zetkin
Campaigning together for peace during the first world war, their working alliance became a close friendship. Zetkin dedicated some of her feminist writings to Sylvia.
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