Years of austerity and political failure have left classrooms overcrowded and staff overstretched – now educators are organising across roles to demand change, says ED HARLOW
Regardless of their immigration status, we must protect everyone in Britain from this virus
We must repeal the 2014 Immigration Act, reverse the ‘hostile environment’ and shut detention centres for good, writes Claudia Webbe
A man looks at a mural showing a nurse wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) in Shoreditch, east London
While US restrictions tighten economic and social pressures on Cuba, international allies and grassroots campaigns are stepping in to support the island’s resilience, writes BERNARD REGAN, secretary of Cuba Solidarity Campaign
Labour’s approach to Scotland reveals a long-running tension between rhetoric and reality, warns PAULINE BRYAN
We can't move forward as a progressive society, until we break away from our neoliberal past, says CHRIS WILLIAMSON
Austerity is breaking the education system. We must unite to save our schools and pay our teachers properly, says NEU national president ED HARLOW
Marx’s early lectures on economics, together with Engels’s additions, provide a valuable introduction to Marxist political economy today, writes the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY
THE coronavirus pandemic has caused widespread suffering for too many individuals and communities across Britain.
We do not yet know the full impact of the unprecedented economic disruption caused by the virus.
With widespread job losses, it is certain that it will have exacerbated the hardship caused by a decade of austerity.
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