Economists estimate extreme poverty could be drastically reduced for a fraction of global defence spending, yet military budgets continue to expand year on year, says JON TRICKETT MP, ahead of the Stop the War International Conference on Saturday
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Beware of ‘reducing serious issues to shallow stereotypes’
Substituting unconvincing ‘cultural’ posturing for policy won’t work and may well allow the Tories to steal a march on Labour
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As Unison launches its Year of Women Workers, ANNIE COGAN-THOMAS argues that stronger organisation and collective bargaining are essential to winning equality
Trade unions, trades councils and community organisations must work together to build lasting solidarity and resistance to the far right, argues DREW GILCHRIST
Recent violence in Belfast was not spontaneous — it was built on years of failure and political neglect, argues STIOFAN O NUALLAIN
As delegates meet in Brighton this week, Unison faces pressing questions about pay, organising, workers’ rights and political representation, explains ANDY CHAFFER
Andy Burnham’s growing stature has fuelled hopes of a Labour revival – but ALAN SIMPSON warns that Britain’s crisis runs far deeper than just its leadership and traces its roots to decades of financialised capitalism
BORIS JOHNSON won and Jeremy Corbyn lost. Labour will need to look hard at why.
Brexit was obviously a big part of it, but, Labour were not able to build on the 2017 campaign, which made progress by offering economic change.
The “insurgent” campaign of 2017, that was made on the hoof and out of sticky tape and spit, worked better than the more planned programme of 2019.
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