Robinson successfully defended his school from closure, fought for the unification of the teaching unions, mentored future trade union leaders and transformed teaching at the Marx Memorial Library, writes JOHN FOSTER
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Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO outlines the role and challenges facing the Daily Miracle in a world growing dark
A judge in a German court ruled that the ban activity imposed on renowned Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah was unlawful, reports LEON WYSTRYCHOWSKI
At the very moment Britain faces poverty, housing and climate crises requiring radical solutions, the liberal press promotes ideologically narrow books while marginalising authors who offer the most accurate understanding of change, writes IAN SINCLAIR
From Gaza protest bans to proscribing Palestine Action, political elites are showing a crisis of confidence as they abandon Roy Jenkins’s apologetic approach for Suella Braverman’s aggressive ‘hate march’ rhetoric, writes PAUL DONOVAN
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the legal case behind this weekend’s Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival and the lessons for today
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THIS weekend, local demonstrations for Palestine will take place up and down the country.
At many of them you may see a supporter handing out Morning Stars. That tells you two things about our newspaper: that it is an agitational activist’s tool, providing those fighting for peace and socialism with the information and arguments to take to the movement; and that its promotion rests very heavily on its readers, who through readers’ and supporters’ groups nationwide help to sell, distribute and raise funds to keep the Daily Miracle going.
Other papers are handed out at demos — but the Morning Star is the only daily socialist newspaper in the English-speaking world. We will often do a free distribution at major events, but our survival relies on regular paying readers, both in print through shops (any newsagent will order it in for you if you ask, while home news delivery is increasingly available across Britain) and through online subscription. And we need more of them.
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