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
No good can ever come from war and military escalation
Britain must not only rapidly extend its support for people fleeing Ukraine – but also abandon its unbelievably callous refugee and asylum policy, says CLAUDIA WEBBE MP
Women and children arrive at a makeshift camp to board a train heading to Krakow after fleeing Ukraine, at the border crossing in Medyka, Poland
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
RUSSIA’S invasion of Ukraine is abhorrent and deeply concerning. It is an unprovoked, unjustifiable outrage and a heinous violation of international law that will have long-lasting and tragic consequences.
The Russian aggression, military bombardment and deployment of troops to Ukraine must end immediately. Vladimir Putin must abandon this hugely damaging irredentism and expansionism.
No good can ever come from war and military escalation. As Vijay Prashad recently argued, “War is never good for the poor. War is never good for workers. War itself is a crime.”
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