Southport murders and fascism
A local perspective on events in Southport and the need for clarity about the threat of fascism.
Everyone to London on 15 March!
15 March will be the biggest day of action so far in the current strike wave – we urge everyone to join the London protests on that day.
School strikes: organise now for the picket lines
Andy Cunningham calls on any NEU members who have not voted to do so now, and discusses the next steps for the strikes.
Revolution in a galaxy far, far away
Andy Cunningham is inspired by the latest story from the Star Wars franchise.
Work in schools? Vote yes in the NEU ballot!
Teacher and NEU activist Andy Cunningham argues that it’s time for strike action.
Covid crisis in schools: we need safety measures now
The way to keep children safe and stop the disruption is not to abandon mitigation, but to go for a strategy to stop Covid ripping through schools.
Next steps in the fight for safe schools
The government’s retreat on school closures won’t last forever. Education workers need to go on the offensive.
To beat Covid, we have to fight for safe schools
While politicians squabble over degrees of lockdown, Covid is spreading in educational settings. Education workers must force the politicians to make their schools safe.
Educators meet the challenge
Education workers have shown creativity and determination in embracing virtual organising methods to strengthen their opposition to the government’s wider reopening of schools.
New fault lines in the Middle East: ISIS in a regional context
As the calls for more direct intervention in Iraq grow and the US drops their first bombs, Andy Cunningham looks at what the rise of the Islamic State means for the wider Middle East. Following discussions with other comrades, this article was revised by the author on 14/8/14 to remove a factual error and to […]
UKIPwatch: Lancashire Tories turn right
Andy Cunningham reports from Lancashire on a divided race between Labour and the racist right. You couldn’t have missed Nigel Farage if you’d taken a drive round Bolton and Bury in the run-up to 22 May elections. His faintly ridiculous but always fury-inspiring face was plastered on every other bill board. UKIP poured resources into south […]
A spotlight on slavery’s legacy of racism
12 Years A Slave is a major political and cinematic event, argues Andy Cunningham. It deserves attention from socialists and from all those who fight for a better world. The latest film from director Steve McQueen follows the true story of Solomon Northup, a free black man, carpenter and musician of note who was kidnapped in 1841 […]
What’s at stake in the Halloween strike
Andy Cunningham works at Manchester Met university. He explains why he’s on strike today – and why higher education workers need to escalate their action.