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We think it is madness to want to take guards off trains. We should be doing the exact opposite of that
Craig Johnston talks to the press
NICK WRIGHT considers how the isolation of Israel and a new film on the controversial Italian communist leader are creating new reference points for Italy’s left
CARLOS MARTINEZ says Cuba’s achievements in the face of a criminal blockade are startling, but the island’s future if the United States succeeds in crushing it looks bleak
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports that far-right MPs who mobbed the event organised by Hadash may have helped raise awareness of the brutality of the Israeli right
Born on this day in 1931, the heroic revolutionary faces a dangerous new wave of White House aggression. We must treat his birthday as a rallying cry to resist the illegal siege of Cuba, writes ROGER McKENZIE
RAMZY BAROUD decries the rats of Gaza, the rodent and human type. Both abound as profiteering from tragedy reaches obscene levels
The RMT’s battle against driver-only operation (DOO) has gone on for several years and recent strike action has reaffirmed the essential role train guards play.
Northern regional organiser Craig Johnston tells the Star that the union’s social media strategy was key to winning over passengers.
He says a visible online presence was “absolutely essential to the guards campaign, both for communication between the union and its members and also in terms of getting our message across to the passengers.”
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Our members face daily abuse, being spat at, sometimes even deadly assaults, and employers fail to take the issue seriously despite the increasing danger, writes RMT general secretary EDDIE DEMPSEY