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
The labour movement must oppose the government's war policy
CHRIS NINEHAM of the Stop the War Coalition argues that escalating the Ukraine war is a recipe for disaster — and we are already paying the price
As well as causing carnage in Ukraine and threatening to spread conflict, the war in Ukraine is helping to cause chaos in the world economy. The cost-of-living crisis has deeper roots, but sanctions against Russia and the dislocation caused by the fighting have been a major driver of fuel and food inflation that is devastating lives here and around the world.
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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
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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
RUSSIA has launched a series of rocket attacks on Ukrainian cities in the last week, killing and wounding hundreds of civilians.
This is further evidence of the brutality of the war they are conducting. Vital civilian infrastructure has also been hit. The Russian army has also launched new offensives in the Donetsk.
These attacks are Vladimir Putin’s response to serious setbacks in the last month including the loss key city of Lyman in the Donbass and the humiliating attack on the vital Kerch Bridge, key communication between Crimea and Ukraine.
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