Years of austerity and political failure have left classrooms overcrowded and staff overstretched – now educators are organising across roles to demand change, says ED HARLOW
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We reject Labour’s hollow vision for Wales
As the Starmer regime parachutes in disconnected candidates and offers little more than hot air, Plaid Cymru is mounting a real challenge to the decades of decay and decline forced on us by Westminster, writes LUKE FLETCHER MS
Sir Keir Starmer speaks at the launch of Labour's six steps for change in Wales at the Priory Centre in Abergavenny, while on the General Election campaign trail, May 30, 2024
While US restrictions tighten economic and social pressures on Cuba, international allies and grassroots campaigns are stepping in to support the island’s resilience, writes BERNARD REGAN, secretary of Cuba Solidarity Campaign
Labour’s approach to Scotland reveals a long-running tension between rhetoric and reality, warns PAULINE BRYAN
We can't move forward as a progressive society, until we break away from our neoliberal past, says CHRIS WILLIAMSON
Austerity is breaking the education system. We must unite to save our schools and pay our teachers properly, says NEU national president ED HARLOW
Marx’s early lectures on economics, together with Engels’s additions, provide a valuable introduction to Marxist political economy today, writes the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY
IT has been just over a fortnight since we witnessed Rishi Sunak slogging through a downpour to declare a general election.
After a less-than-inspiring speech about his government’s achievements and election promises, Sunak returned to No 10 looking like he’d just lost a fight with a garden hose.
By the reckoning of the Establishment consensus, this will likely be the soggy end to a sorry Tory saga.
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