Trump threatens war and punitive tariffs to recapture Iranian resources – just as in 1953, when the CIA overthrew Mossadegh and US corporations immediately seized 40% of the oil, says SEVIM DAGDELEN
BRIAN WILLIAMS, who died on Monday March 7, was a lifelong communist, trade unionist and progressive teacher and educationalist.
His ebullience, ready humour and love for the good things in life were carefully balanced by the learning that he always wore lightly, a razor-sharp intellect and by his gifts as a highly effective administrator with a care for both nuance and detail.
Born January 3 1947, in Mountain Ash in Mid Glamorgan, Wales, he was raised by a family with strong labour movement values and was greatly influenced by his father and grandfather, who had both been trade union activists, officials and members of the local Labour Party.
Charles Lubselski pays tribute to a lifelong communist and supporter of the Daily Worker and Morning Star
Maggie Bowden was a trailblazing campaigning lawyer at Birnberg and Thompsons, women’s organiser of the Communist Party, and general secretary of Liberation
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
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



