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
For too long, trade unions have been held back: we must set them free
Fire Brigades Union general secretary MATT WRACK writes in support of the Free Our Unions campaign
FBU leader Matt Wrack
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 labour movement today faces opportunities we have not had for decades. There is the possibility of a radical Labour government within just months.
Now is the time to discuss, debate and decide how we can build the power of working-class people.
Central to that aim is strengthening and rebuilding the trade union movement.
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