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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Biden can’t take the ‘left vote’ for granted
His continued support for Israel’s war in Gaza and escalation against Iran could cost Biden the election in November and deliver another Trump presidency, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
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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
IN THE 2000 US presidential election, a rare opportunity was presented to progressive Americans to vote their conscience. It came in the candidacy of Ralph Nader, the long-time consumer advocate and anti-nuclear campaigner, responsible for, among other things, ensuring seat belts were installed in every car, thus saving millions of lives. Nader ran in 2000 as a third party candidate, representing the Green Party.
But when the Republican presidential nominee, George W Bush, won Florida by the narrowest of margins over his Democratic opponent, Al Gore, delivering him the presidency, Nader was blamed. Many in the Democratic Party still bear a grudge and won’t take his phone calls.
As it turned out, Bush collected more votes from registered Democrats in Florida than Nader’s entire tally in the state. If you were going to ask “what were you thinking” and assign blame, start with them.
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