Strikes and protests by workers are taking on the Tories. Teachers in several regions were preparing to strike on Thursday of this week against the government’s assault on education.
Michael Gove’s new curriculum won’t ‘raise standards’ because it’s designed to bash teachers, blame children for failure and justify cuts, writes Sadie Robinson
A conspiracy could be as subtle as a “nod or a wink”. So said the judge in the 1973 trial that saw six workers jailed for their part in the builders’ strike of the year before. There was indeed a conspiracy going on—but in the corridors of Whitehall.
As Cameron's Tories launch another assault on benefit claimants we need more protests like last Sunday in Manchester and national strikes to get rid of them.
Tory attacks on working class people have sparked widespread anger—but we need to get organised to get the kind of resistance that can beat them, writes Julie Sherry