In the wake of Ann Widdecombe’s murder, JOHN GREEN wonders whether the government will really get to grips with the root cause of these attacks on our MPs
LAST January I was invited to Blythe Valley’s Constituency Labour Party meeting at the Terrace Club to talk about our UCU branch period-poverty campaign at Newcastle College — the first at a college in England.
I found myself speaking against the backdrop of bingo night in this traditional social club in the old mining community of Seaton Delaval.
I never expected this redbrick cornerstone of the Labour red wall to fall to the Tories, least of all to an MP who recently voted against key protections for migrant children.
Two teams from different sides of the world will face off this weekend in a landmark football occasion. One team from the Americas, another from Europe, will meet in an exhibition of the world’s game that is being broadcast across the globe, writes JAMES NALTON
A lifelong communist and community organiser, Pinder helped shape anti-racist and anti-colonial activism in Britain while dedicating himself to youth work and collective struggle, writes David Horsley
From hunting rare pamphlets at book sales to online panels and courses on trade unionism and class politics, the MML continues connecting archive treasures with the movements fighting for a better world, writes director MEIRIAN JUMP


