NEW Labour leaders thought they had bought peace to the classrooms in Scotland through the McCrone agreement. They were left with no such illusions after the annual conference of the main teaching uni
THIS SATURDAY sees the start of Refugee Week. It is an excellent series of events right across Britain celebrating the contribution which people seeking asylum have made here...
AFTER A torrent of criticism about the new AS levels New Labour has been forced to launch a review of the exams...
I HAVE an infallible formula for cheering up anyone who is feeling low. Just think about the Tories. However bad things may be for you, they are worse for them...
ABOUT 10,000 people marched through south London on Saturday in a vibrant demonstration for the legalisation of cannabis...
TRAIN GUARDS were due to stage a one-day, effectively national, strike on Monday of next week, as Socialist Worker went to press...
THE RIGHT wing press are whipping up a climate of hatred against Robert Thompson and Jon Venables. They were jailed eight years ago for killing two year old James Bulger when they were ten...
AROUND 200 journalists at Express Newspapers in London and 30 in Scotland have voted to accept new contracts after the company was forced to agree better conditions...
"AN UNFORTUNATE choice." So says Italian prime minister Berlusconi about Genoa, where the next meeting of the world's G8 leaders takes place from 19 to 22 July.He is terrified...
NEW LABOUR'S favourite think tank, the Institute for Public Policy Research, has been advising the government to privatise health and education...
