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
Together we can end the exploitation in Leicester’s garment industry
CLAUDIA WEBBE reports on a groundbreaking new initiative that is stepping in to defend workers where the government and big business have failed
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 unprecedented economic impact of the coronavirus, including the disgraceful increase in “fire-and-rehire” tactics, has laid bare the weakness of Britain’s labour protections.
Nowhere has this been more apparent than in my home city of Leicester, where a resurgence of much-needed attention has highlighted the continued severe exploitation in sections of our garment industry.
Despite endemic exploitation being widely studied for over a decade, painfully little action has been taken to protect garment workers in Leicester and around the world.
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