Trade unions need to step up and force a turn in the policies of the labour movement to effectively confront the far-right threat, argues NICK WRIGHT
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Front-line workers need effective health and safety – especially in our schools
A decade of cuts to ‘red tape’ has undermined efforts to keep workplaces safe against the transmission of the deadly coronavirus, says PATRICK ROACH
As the 90th anniversary of the outbreak of the Spanish civil war is marked, Teesside campaigners will gather to remember the local men and women who stood against fascism, explains TONY FOX
Whatever differences exist among international sympathisers of the Bolivarian revolution about its current trajectory, they should unite against the imperialist power that is the source of an enforced retreat, argues ROGER D HARRIS
Washington’s inability to subjugate Iran is an example of how it is trying to preserve a regional order that no longer exists, argues RAMZY BAROUD
US financial instability is exposing the limits of a dollar-dominated global economy — and giving the Global South a historic chance to build an alternative, says MURAD QURESHI
Deprivation is a fundamental factor in criminal behaviour that must be addressed but, KENNY MacASKILL argues, there needs to a major rethink in sentencing to tackle overcrowding
A DECADE ago, the Conservative-led coalition government branded health and safety as mere “red tape.”
Schools were designated as low-risk environments and the message to school employers was to exercise their common sense while the government systematically set about a renewed “red tape” challenge, cutting rights and undermining the safety of workers.
Roll forward 10 years, and health and safety has been brought centre stage as a result of the global coronavirus pandemic.
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