General secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions GAWAIN LITTLE calls for support and participation in the national partnership organised to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 1926 general strike
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Are we nearly there yet?
Watching the progress of the general election campaign leaves LYNN HENDERSON doubtful that we’ll see anything like the fundamental change so desperately needed by working people
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After brutal police crackdowns on pensioners and the forced approval of secret IMF deals, trade unions are finally responding to grassroots pressure and fighting back against savage neoliberal reforms, reports BERT SCHOUWENBURG
Bizarrely, Trump’s latest attacks now include the National Zoo, but his real and racist agenda is to strip everything black from the country’s cultural institutions, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
The transformation of a stable secular state into a fractured ruin largely ruled by Western-backed fundamentalists exposes the hollow nature of ‘multipolarity’ and the absence of principled anti-imperialism today, writes ZOLTAN ZIGEDY
Facing economic turmoil, Jim Callaghan’s government rejected Tony Benn’s alternative economic strategy in favour of cuts that paved the way for Thatcherism — and the cuts-loving Labour of the present era, writes KEITH FLETT
The economic value of disability benefits far outweighs their cost, argues Dr DYLAN MURPHY
As tensions rise in the Middle East, the role of Iran in the region’s political balance becomes ever more significant. STEVE BISHOP assesses the current situation
AFTER more than 40 years of political activism, mostly within the Labour Party, it saddens me to admit that the 2024 UK general election is affecting me like a bored car-sick child on a long motorway journey.
Of course, I want the Tories out. Of course I want a Labour government, but the current leadership, even while riding so high in the polls, does little to inspire me with confidence that they will bring about the fundamental change so desperately needed by the working class. I know I am not alone.
Sunday’s BBC News headlines read: “Labour pledges 20,000 more prison places while the Tories promise £730 million for mental health services.” The devil is always in the detail, but at time of writing, Labour is unlikely to release its manifesto until Thursday, two days after the Tories.
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