The General Strike exposed the power of the working class — and the limits of its leadership, writes Dr DYLAN MURPHY
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Corbyn will transform the workplace and the economy
UK workers have fewer protections than workers in most of Europe, and with Brexit looming only Labour can turn that around, explains CHRIS WILLIAMSON MP
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
With some of the media obsessed with Tory Brexit squabbles and other parts seemingly only interested in smearing Jeremy Corbyn and his supporters, it would be easy to forget that building on our popular manifesto last year, Labour has a range of policies that can rebuild and transform Britain in the interests of the overwhelming majority of people.
But, as the TUC meets this week, it could not be more important to restate how much is at stake in terms of working people’s rights in terms of our fight for a Corbyn-led Labour government.
Under Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership, with John McDonnell as his shadow chancellor, Labour has become not only a clearly anti-austerity party but also a party with a radical and determined vision to improve the rights of people in work and their trade unions. Again, Labour is embracing trade unions as vital parts not only of our party but of a fairer society, and many of our policies are those that trade unions have been advocating for years.
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