BEN CHACKO speaks with Knesset member OFER CASSIF about rising political violence, the prospects for peace and his continuous ‘silencing by suspension’
100 years of working-class history in Brent
MARY ADOSSIDES reports that there’s an uncertain future for the Willesden Trades and Labour Hall, where speakers and performers over the years have included Sylvia Pankhurst and Bob Marley, and which formed a base for the legendary Grunwick strikers
An aerial view of Willesden Trades and Labour Hall
The choice between two Blairites to revamp the tepid centrism of our ruling party doesn’t even come as cold comfort as we wander the city streets suffering from their third decade of austerity and the fifth of wage stagnation, writes MATT KERR
HENRY FOWLER puts the strike of public-sector workers in New Zealand in the wider context of deteriorating employment conditions throughout the world’s major economies
MAT COWARD looks back at a protest 105 years ago this month, whose reporting by the media bears uncomfortable similarities with demos today
The Tricontinental Institute for Social Research explores the factors that are bringing today’s highly educated but often underemployed young people out onto the streets, from Chile, to Algeria, to Nepal
The nation’s leading second-hand socialist bookseller that has been running strong for 33 years is changing hands and expanding its vision — now is the time to get involved, buy, donate and support, writes ANDREW MURRAY
ON OCTOBER 15 Brent Trades Council will be celebrating the centenary of the Willesden Trades and Labour Hall’s constitution.
The trades hall has played a crucial role in the political, economic and social history of Willesden and then Brent since the early 20th century.
In her detailed article in the Willesden Local History Society Journal Winter/ Spring 22 edition, Christine Coates documents this icon of labour movement history.
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