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ANN HENDERSON reports on a moving event to commemorate the struggles of those men and women involved in the famous Upper Clyde Shipbuilders work-in of 1971-72
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Speakers in Berlin traced how Germany’s rearmament, US-led violence abroad and the repression of solidarity at home are converging in a dangerous drive toward war. BEN CHACKO reports
Ahead of an important CND webinar, ULRIKE EIFLER argues that militarisation is not only draining social budgets — it is reshaping everyday life, preparing society for war and demanding a socialist response rooted in the labour movement
ALEX GORDON outlines the real battle for workers in Britain and Europe, to break the state capture by arms firms and the new finance-technology capitalists
ON SATURDAY March 12, the touring Townsend Theatre production Yes, Yes, UCS came to Clydebank.
The Golden Friendship Community Hall was a very welcoming venue for a day school commemorating 50 years of the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders work-in (1971-72) followed by the theatre performance in the evening.
Bringing together UCS veterans, their families, members of the local community and the trade union movement, the day was informative, but also inspirational.
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