NICK TROY lauds the young staff at a hotel chain and cinema giant who are ready to take on the bosses for their rights
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Is the Labour Party the party of labour?
The unions might appear to have a huge amount of power over the Labour Party, but in practice, as Blair showed, they do not. Working-class politics cannot be restricted to changing that, writes ANDREW MURRAY
DYLAN MURPHY reports that far from helping people back into work, the sanctions regime is inflicting unnecessary trauma on working-class families
As Saudi Arabia is hailed abroad for its ‘reforms,’ the reality for women inside the kingdom grows ever more repressive. On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, MARYAM ALDOSSARI argues it is time to stop applauding the illusion – and start listening to the women the state works hardest to silence
With Petro, Colombia has been making huge strides towards peace — but is all that at risk with the elections next year? MARK ROWE reports back after joining a delegation to the Latin American country
With violence against women and girls reaching unprecedented levels – particularly in the north of England – Unison North West is driving a union-wide push for education, prevention and trauma-informed support, writes JOANNE MOORCROFT
Amid national economic decay and with a lack of coherent left-wing responses, far-right narratives on women’s safety and immigration have taken root in former Labour heartlands. The WOMEN’S LIBERATION ALLIANCE warns that only a renewed politics rooted in an understanding of class, race and sex can stem the rise of authoritarianism
SOMETIMES it is worth stress-testing received wisdom and long-held political assumptions.
One such is the argument that Labour is a trade union party. There is little dispute that it was founded as such. But today?
Stating that Labour remains the political expression of organised labour underlines the importance of independent working-class politics, and draws attention to the continuing fact of trade union affiliation.
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