From the 1917 Balfour Declaration to today’s F-35 sales, Britain’s historical responsibility has now evolved into support for the present-day outright genocide. But our solidarity movement is growing too, writes BEN JAMAL
A trade union should do more than just defend the status quo
The formation of the NEU gives a chance to think radically about how we might want to shape tomorrow’s education policy, argues GAWAIN LITTLE
DIANE ABBOTT MP warns Starmer’s newly declared war on foreigners and scroungers won’t fix housing or services — only class struggle against austerity can do that, and defeat Farage in the process
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Speaking to a CND meeting in Cambridge this week, SIMON BRIGNELL traced how the alliance’s anti-communist machinery broke unions, diverted vital funds from public services, and turned workers into cannon fodder for profit
We’ll be developing a people’s manifesto for the 2026 local elections. We’ll network, learn, inspire and support each other and chart a future path for socialist politics, writes JAMIE DRISCOLL
MAT COWARD rises over such semantics to offer step by step, fool-proof cultivating tips
MOLLY QUELL reports on the sanctions placed on International Criminal Court officials by the Trump regime, making it increasingly difficult for the tribunal to conduct even basic tasks
THE final conference of the NUT offers us an opportunity to reflect on the proud traditions of the National Union of Teachers and its predecessor the National Union of Elementary Teachers.
It gives us an opportunity to celebrate the victories the union has won in its 147-year history and the difference it has made to the lives of its members, and the lives of the children they teach.
However, it also forces us to confront some significant questions about the future of the movement.
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