As tens of thousands return to the streets for the first national Palestine march of 2026, this movement refuses to be sidelined or silenced, says PETER LEARY
Educators and public-sector workers slapped in the face once again
The labour movement must respond to yet another of the government's public-sector pay freeze threats with robust action, writes GAWAIN LITTLE
ORGANISE: ‘We also need to strengthen the anti-austerity movement around the People’s Assembly, linking our workplace struggle with struggle in our communities, on the streets’
If the government really wanted to address public finances, improve living standards and begin economic recovery, it would increase its borrowing for investment, argues MICHAEL BURKE
MATT KERR takes a winter journey through poetry, labour and memory, from Glasgow to Newcastle, arguing that our radical past isn’t something to revere from a distance, but a tool still meant to be used
One of Canada’s most revered politicians is a native of Falkirk but is relatively unknown in his original homeland. KENNY MacASKILL tells his story
Labour prospects in May elections may be irrevocably damaged by Birmingham Council’s costly refusal to settle the year-long dispute, warns STEVE WRIGHT
HENRY FOWLER and ROB POOLE explain the significance of today’s Megapicket
ONCE again, in the last week of term for most schools in the country, the government released the recommendation of the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB).
Unsurprisingly, it recommended a pay freeze for all qualified teachers and a flat £250 increase on the unqualified instructor rate.
This is a slap in the face for educators who, like other key workers in the public and private sector, have risked their lives throughout the pandemic to keep our schools, colleges and communities going.
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