DAVE WARD of the Communication Workers Union says unions must step up to meet the challenges of a transformed world of work
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Assange – a thorn in the side of the British ruling class
The decision not to extradite the WikiLeaks founder is cause to celebrate, but it was entirely cynical on the part of the Establishment, writes HELEN MERCER
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Live music and musical education are both under attack and threaten to impoverish our culture. The Musicians’ Union seeks allies in the fightback, writes NAOMI POHL
Who should the trade union movement be fighting for: pimps or marginalised women, asks ANNA FISHER
This summer’s fire outbreaks highlighted once again the deadly cost of job, equipment and funding cuts to the fire service. Ten years after the Grenfell tragedy, serious lessons still need to be learned, says STEVE WRIGHT
As Cuba faces the most dangerous moment in its recent history, Britain must do more than condemn the US blockade at the United Nations, writes KEVIN COURTNEY, chair of the Cuba Solidarity Campaign
The events of 9/11 reverberated across the United States and then the world. JOHN WIGHT remembers the eerie atmosphere that exposed racial divisions at the heart of Hollywood
THE decision to refuse the extradition of Julian Assange by magistrate Vanessa Baraitser is a triumph for British justice: within the tradition of elites getting themselves out of sticky situations.
Julian Assange was saved from extradition yesterday (barring the outcome of an appeal), but only on the back of rejecting 95 per cent of the case for his defence.
Judge Baraitser’s verdict leaves the British government free to extradite anyone else that the US cares to finger for reporting war crimes, human rights abuses, corporate corruption and CIA surveillance.
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