In this week’s Tribune, available by subscription and through selected branches of Borders:

Cover story: No class, no principle
Tony Mitchell explains why the likes of Eton and Harrow do not deserve to be treated as charities

News
Labour Party general secretary – unions want big names in the frame
British Army recruitment is bolstering Fijian junta
Police fury with Jacqui Smith over no pay backdating
Putin looks to Russia-Belarus link-up as a lifeline
David Harounoff: Middle East – can Bush succeed where Clinton failed?

Features
Spotlights: Back to the brink with North Korea; Stoke schools shock
Michael Meacher: Where to look for the vision thing
Tony Mitchell: Scrap charitable status for private schools
Seventy up: Tribune celebrates seven decades

Comment
Kevin Maguire: Who’s paying for the Tory toffs’ jollies?
Paul Routledge: Is God’s own county getting a fair deal?
Ed Balls: My plan to give Britain’s children the very best
Tribune editorial: Why are British troops dying in Iraq and Afghanistan?
Marjorie Smith: Party funding – bring the state into play; David Mills
Letters, Ian Williams: Democracy for sale and what it costs
Ian Aitken: Sheer cheek and brass neck of these men in red braces

Books and Arts
Lucy Popescu: In praise of a champion for Lebanon
Anthony Painter: How despotism has corrupted Uganda
Neil Young: The master of independent cinema
Helen Chappell: Oh yes it has – pantomime season kicks off