The massacre of Red Crescent and civil defence aid workers has elicited little coverage and no condemnation by major powers — this is the age of lawlessness, warns JOE GILL
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Sharon Graham: all power to the workplace
If elected general secretary of Unite, I will lead a union that focuses on the shop floor not Westminster and build up membership by delivering on jobs, pay and conditions
Sharon Graham
Public libraries are sanctuaries which facilitate the exploration of the universe of ideas for free for those curious enough. ROGER McKENZIE advocates their protection against authoritarian incursions, US style
Trump’s recent executive order ends union rights for a large number of federal workers, citing national security concerns after some unions vowed to oppose the massive cuts proposed by the new administration, writes PEOPLE’S DISPATCH
JOE BESWICK of the London Renters Union talks to the Morning Star’s new Left on Record programme
The unnecessarily violent police intervention at a Quaker place of worship is a PR disaster and will only serve to deepen the chasm between them and the public. SYMON HILL reports
ANDREW MURRAY wonders whether recent opinion polling and a fresh local authority by-election result in Ilford are an indication that the time is ripe for the left to make inroads
Due to the actions of this government, the challenges facing those with disabilities, such as spinal cord injuries, are nigh on insurmountable, argus RUTH HUNT
TRADE UNIONS are in crisis. Collective bargaining is in decline. Jobs are under threat. Pay and conditions are being cut. We need a co-ordinated fightback and a clear industrial plan for the workplace.
If political rhetoric takes the place of hard industrial work, then the left will face a real existential crisis.
The unions can be lost as surely as Labour has lost the red wall.
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Putting our faith in this or that political leader is no strategy at all: in the face of poverty wages now and workers’ lives being put on the line during Covid, our only option is directly organising for class power ourselves, writes SHARON GRAHAM
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