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
Radical answers to the land problem
Two new reports propose innovative ideas on reforming land ownership, which the Labour Party should consider carefully as part of its plan for government, writes LIZ DAVIES
A judge in a German court ruled that the ban activity imposed on renowned Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah was unlawful, reports LEON WYSTRYCHOWSKI
At the very moment Britain faces poverty, housing and climate crises requiring radical solutions, the liberal press promotes ideologically narrow books while marginalising authors who offer the most accurate understanding of change, writes IAN SINCLAIR
From Gaza protest bans to proscribing Palestine Action, political elites are showing a crisis of confidence as they abandon Roy Jenkins’s apologetic approach for Suella Braverman’s aggressive ‘hate march’ rhetoric, writes PAUL DONOVAN
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the legal case behind this weekend’s Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival and the lessons for today
Ben Chacko talks to RMT leader EDDIE DEMPSEY about how the key to fixing broken Britain lies in collective sectoral bargaining, restoring unions’ ability to take solidarity strike action and bringing about the much-vaunted ‘wave of insourcing’
The summer of 1950 saw Labour abandon further nationalisation while escalating Korean War spending from £2.3m to £4.7m, as the government meekly accepted capitalism’s licence and became Washington’s yes-man, writes JOHN ELLISON
THE law locks up the man or woman
Who steals the goose from off the common
But leaves the greater felon loose
Who steals the common from the goose
Anon 17th century
Land is the only commodity that can’t be physically transported when exchanged. Hence the myriad different forms of land ownership, and its often outrageous cost.
That outrageous cost underpins much of what is wrong with modern British society: the housing crisis, our lack of public amenities, the gulf between rich and poor, the privatisation of recreation and leisure services.
Two new reports propose innovative solutions, which the Labour Party should consider carefully as part of its plan for government.
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