DAVE CALFE, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ trade union, writes exclusively for the Morning Star as the union’s five-day annual conference opens in Birmingham
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MATT WILLGRESS, from Arise – A Festival of Left Ideas, calls for greater co-ordination on the left
It is time for the left to come together and get our act together — let’s make the run-up to next year’s general election a year of mass waves of resistance, where we put our socialist values of solidarity, struggle and unity into practice
Election of a new leadership at Hadash’s convention signals a renewed effort to forge a broad Arab-Jewish alliance in Israel, says AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN
HENRY FOWLER, national co-ordinator for General Strike 100, continued his nationwide tour of partner organisations by joining campaigners and trade unionists in Brighton for the unveiling of a new blue plaque and a full day of commemorative events marking the centenary of the ‘Battle of Lewes Road’
The FBU leader speaks to Ben Chacko about cuts, collapsing Starmerism and confronting the far right
The collapse of Streeting’s leadership challenge and an opening for Burnham’s potential path back to Parliament have accelerated the battle over what – if anything – Labour still stands for, writes ANDREW MURRAY
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the relationship between law and the humanities
A GREAT Italian socialist once said: “I hate the indifferent. I believe that living means taking sides. Those who really live cannot help being a citizen and a partisan. Indifference and apathy are parasitism, not life. Indifference is the deadweight of history.”
These words from Antonio Gramsci in a very different context sum up the situation socialists face in Britain today as Labour conference meets.
Now is the time for everyone in the labour movement to take sides.
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