The General Strike exposed the power of the working class — and the limits of its leadership, writes Dr DYLAN MURPHY
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East Germany tropes and hyper-individualism
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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
HOW did socialist Germany’s Ministry of State Security replace the Gestapo as the bogey man to frighten liberals out of their skins?
And why is it that the confected reputation of an organisation set up by anti-Nazi activists and International Brigade veterans to defend socialism and working-class power is mobilised to frighten socialists out of their politics?
Since the dissolution of socialist Germany, brand management has turned the Stasi into a media trope for lazy journalists whenever the hyper-individualism of contemporary capitalism meets resistance.
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