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
Labour Party black sections reborn as a new movement
Grassroots Black Left is a new grouping aimed at revitalising black and ethnic minority participation. DEBORAH HOBSON reports from its parliamentary launch
DIANE ABBOTT exposes the misconceptions, rumours and downright lies perpetrated around immigration issues
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
Reversing outsourcing is the pre-election promise the government must honour, says Unison general secretary CHRISTINA McANEA
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
MORE than 100 people from around the country crammed into a House of Commons room named for the parliamentary launch of Grassroots Black Left (GBL).
They were Sikhs, Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Jews, people of no faith, Africans, Caribbeans, Asians, other people of colour, and their white allies.
Labour Treasury team frontbencher Clive Lewis, the ex-shadow defence secretary, was among four MPs who spoke, including Chris Williamson, the politician voted 2017 overall best Labour MP by popular left-wing website Skwawkbox.
More from this author
Pauper funerals have increased at a dramatic rate, writes DEBORAH HOBSON, asking why is this swept under the carpet by media and politicians alike
DEBORAH HOBSON, co-chair of Grassroots Black Left, says black party members have waited long enough to have their demands for self-organisation recognised — and must now move on with the task themselves
Similar stories
Starmer doubles down on witch hunt by suspending the whip from Diane Abbott
VINCE MILLS cautions over the perils and pitfalls of ‘a new left party’
Biggest anti-fascist demonstration in decades to take place in London
