The NEU kept children and teachers safe during the pandemic, yet we are disgracefully slandered by the politicians who have truly failed our children by not funding a proper education recovery programme — here’s what is needed, explains KEVIN COURTNEY
"We are living out the cost of austerity during a global health pandemic"
LAURA PIDCOCK talks to the Morning Star about Covid-19, the Tories and why we need to keep fighting for socialism
Organising strategy: Laura Pidcock
The appalling bigotry and bias of London’s police force has been obvious for years – and the police leadership does not appear inclined to do anything about it, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
As Holyrood elections approach, BRIAN LEISHMAN MP argues that Labour’s time has come — to open a new chapter which puts an end to the years of managed decline
ASSAF TALGAM talks to an Israeli Communist lawmaker about the need to use every tool of democratic and non-violent struggle; how Israeli society has changed since October 7 2023; and the persecution of the left in the parliamentary arena
Apart from a bright spark of hope in the victory of the Gaza motion, this year’s conference lacked vision and purpose — we need to urgently reconnect Labour with its roots rather than weakly aping the flag-waving right, argues KIM JOHNSON MP
In the face of funding cuts, closures and a shift into women’s centres providing criminal justice-only services rather than a holistic approach, RUTH HUNT urges women to protect existing resources, volunteer and build new networks of support
“THEIR ideology prevents a recovery.” Laura Pidcock is not convinced that Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s six-month minimum wage placements or £10 eating out discounts are going to stop the scale of post-lockdown damage.
“I’m so sceptical,” the former North West Durham MP, now national secretary of the People’s Assembly, says. “There is huge insecurity because the messages from the government and the schemes it puts in place don’t correspond with the behaviour of employers.
“And all the issues around PPE [personal protective equipment], the inadequate PPE, the inability to manufacture our own, the impact of privatisation meaning we just don’t have the capacity to commission and deliver PPE.
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