The Greater Manchester mayor has shifted left over the years — but his record still shows a tendency to wobble when pressure comes from the right, says SOLOMON HUGHES
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Build back better: a manifesto for education
GAWAIN LITTLE and HANK ROBERTS argue there is no time to waste — education workers must build on their recent victories to completely overhaul the school system in the favour of staff, students and society as a whole
RAMZY BAROUD explains why Israel’s political collapse cannot be separated from its war crimes
DAVID RABY charts the ever increasing US attempts at intervention in Mexico’s internal affairs
FRANCISCO DOMINGUEZ and ROGER D HARRIS highlight how the priority for internationalists should be defending Venezuela’s government against external aggression
Established as a landmark victory for the climate movement, the CCC promised to hold governments to account. Today, it is understating the danger of climate chaos and impeding the radical action needed, says IAN SINCLAIR
ROGER McKENZIE draws attention to the much-neglected oral traditions of the global South that define the identity – and therefore the liberation – of its custodians
THERE is no need for us to await, Grenfell-like, the result of an inquiry into the causes of the coronavirus pandemic. Total deaths are well over the official 40,000: the highest total number of deaths of any country in Europe and one of highest death rates per million in the world. No insurance firm could write it off as an act of God. The guilty party is beyond doubt: it is the government.
Despite continued secrecy of much of the Sage deliberations and of course Cabinet papers (secret for 20 years) there is no need for us to expend effort to work it out. The overwhelming majority of us have already. The unanimous verdict — guilty as charged.
There are three phases in a crisis — preparedness, response and recovery. We have dealt in passing with preparedness, or rather the lack of it. We have also dealt with their response — criminally inadequate.
The NEU’s response has been magnificent. We have implemented the prime directive of trade unionism, building unity, within our own ranks and with our allies.
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