TUC general secretary PAUL NOWAK speaks to the Morning Star’s Berny Torre about the increasing frustration the trade union movement feels at a government that promised change, but has been too slow to bring it about
Prevent: the ‘safety net’ that’s full of holes
We should scrap the infamous anti-terror programme: it is ineffective and counter-productive, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Prevent trawls through entire communities, catching thousands of innocent people in its net each year
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With 12,000 fewer teachers since 2010 and dwindling resources, Scotland’s schools desperately need investment to support diverse learners rather than empty promises from politicians, writes ANDREA BRADLEY
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EMAN ABU ZAYED reminisces about the perilous time her family and neighbours endured in northern Gaza and how they were forced, in fear of their lives, to flee south
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
THIS week, Parliament debated the government’s new Counter-Terrorism Bill. In that debate, some of us opposed the continuation of the divisive Prevent programme. This position should be taken up not only by the left as a whole but by the labour movement, by all those fighting for a less divided society. It should also be adopted by all of us who want to combat the scourge of terrorism, which increasingly has a far-right component as well as terrorists whose outlook is based on some distorted view of the ravages in the Middle East.
The stakes in any debate about terrorism and how to successfully combat it are extremely high. They involve the lives and liberties of us all. Children as well as adults have lost their lives in the terrible attacks that have taken place, such as the horrific Manchester Arena bombing. Police officers have been murdered, among them PC Keith Palmer. We were all shocked by the murder of a MP when Jo Cox was brutally taken from us. There have been many others and it is right that we remember them all.
The purpose of any counter-terror legislation should be to minimise the recurrence of these terrible incidents. This needs a cool head and careful consideration of the effectiveness of all measures — whether they actually help to minimise terror attacks or whether they are ineffective or even hinder our counter-terror efforts.
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