The General Strike exposed the power of the working class — and the limits of its leadership, writes Dr DYLAN MURPHY
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Brazil – time to take a stand
The left and the labour movement internationally must stand shoulder to shoulder with our comrades in Brazil, writes CHRIS WILLIAMSON MP
Women attend a demonstration supporting Workers' Party presidential candidate Fernando Haddad and against presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro of the right-wing Social Liberal Party
HENRY FOWLER, General Strike 100 national co-ordinator, continued his nationwide tour of partner organisations, joining the National Day of Celebration in Barnsley. The event was organised by Unite for a Workers Economy (Unite the Union), the Durham Miners Association, and the National Union of Mineworkers
ADRIAN WEIR charts the intercontinental trade union solidarity with Cuba and its desperate predicament
DIANE ABBOTT looks at the perilous political cul-de-sac Labour finds itself in
DAVE WARD says the Employment Rights Act can be a platform to build back union power — but only if we can agree a common agenda
A new strategy from the Together Alliance links the fight against racism to the wider struggle over austerity and inequality, says BILL GREENSHIELDS
BRAZIL heads to the polls on October 28 for the second round of what has perhaps been the most volatile and unpredictable election campaign since the country’s military dictatorship ended in 1989.
The run-off is between the far-right Jair Bolsonaro and Fernando Haddad who is the left-wing Workers’ Party (PT) candidate. Bolsonaro had a commanding lead of more than 16 per cent over Haddad in the first round.
The context to this election is that in the last two years, Latin America’s most populous nation has undergone political upheaval.
It started with the coup that removed PT president Dilma Rousseff. Having failed to get rid of Rousseff (or her predecessor Lula da Silva) via the ballot box, the Brazilian conservative elite removed her through a “parliamentary coup” instead.
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