Gloucestershire’s phlebotomists have brought their historic strike to a close after almost a year of action, leaving a legacy of determination – and a clear lesson about the power of solidarity in the face of anti-union laws and austerity, says FBU general secretary STEVE WRIGHT
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A hundred years ago the Black and Tans arrived in Ireland
PETER FROST remembers the centenary of yet another attack on the Irish people by the British government
A Black and Tan in Dublin, smoking and carrying a Lewis gun, February 1921
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Tens of thousands of students left their classrooms and took to the streets against conscription and rising military spending. NICK WRIGHT reports from Berlin
A call from the World Peace Council to the peace movements of the world
IN MARCH 1920 British recruits to the Royal Irish Constabulary began to arrive in Ireland.
Their scruffy, improvised uniforms of khaki and black soon gave them their nickname: the Black and Tans.
No fewer than 8,000 British fighting men were sent across the Irish Sea in yet another attempt to quell the rebellious Irish.
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