TUC president and POA leader STEVE GILLAN speaks to Ben Chacko on the eve of Congress 2026
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Compassion or cost-cutting? The slippery slope of assisted dying
Labour must fight to ensure any new laws do not become tools for social cleansing of the poor and disabled, argues JOHN McINALLY, as some begin considering NHS savings that could come at the cost of working-class lives
CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION: Campaigners against voluntary euthanasia make their point outside Parliament on April 29 2024
DOUG NICHOLLS welcomes a turning point at this year’s Congress, where many motions call for a co-ordinated plan to revive British industry, a perspective outlined in his new book
HOPE VIRGO of campaign Dump the Scales warns MPs voting today they should be alert to the threat legalised assisted death poses to people with eating disorders
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Whatever differences exist among international sympathisers of the Bolivarian revolution about its current trajectory, they should unite against the imperialist power that is the source of an enforced retreat, argues ROGER D HARRIS
Trade unions need to step up and force a turn in the policies of the labour movement to effectively confront the far-right threat, argues NICK WRIGHT
AS THE government considers the issue of assisted dying with a view to legislation, the question of who frames the debate, and how, should be of real concern for working-class people and the labour and trade union movement, which cannot afford to be a bystander in the discussion.
The case for legalising assisted dying will be championed by the liberal political class and personalities as a “human right,” a matter of personal autonomy and “choice,” even a social justice issue and a progressive moral principle, elevated above and distinct from other factors, including class interest.
When liberals demand a “human right” it invariably means the moral right of the individual abstracted above that of the collective, with scant regard or consideration of the potential consequences for wider society, and certainly not of the working class.
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