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
Your Paper Needs You during the coronavirus lockdown
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
TWO months ago as the Morning Star implemented remote working I outlined some of the challenges that the lockdown would pose for the Morning Star.
With people advised to stay at home, shop sales of the paper have fallen sharply as they have across the print industry. Hundreds of publications are making cuts and many have furloughed large numbers of staff.
The crisis hits a sector already in decline: newspaper sales have been falling for years and many proprietors have responded by cutting quality journalism, especially at local papers, where many have closed entirely and others have seen news teams merged into regional hubs, each producing a number of different local papers – denying many areas a genuinely local media voice with a serious impact on democracy at town and county level. The loss of local media jobs has also removed a route into national journalism for working-class people, meaning the editorial staff and opinion writers at national papers are more than ever drawn from the richest sections of the population.
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