The General Strike exposed the power of the working class — and the limits of its leadership, writes Dr DYLAN MURPHY
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Leaving the EU and entering a new economic paradigm
Despite being a Remainer, CHRIS WILLIAMSON MP now believes what really matters is how we enact modern and visionary socialist policies outside of the EU
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
THE votes have now been cast in the European election and counting will begin on Sunday.
Whatever the outcome of this election, I believe we must respect the result of the 2016 referendum, even though the margin of victory was relatively narrow. That’s how democracy works.
I lost my parliamentary seat by just 41 votes in 2015, before winning it back with a majority of more than 2,000 in 2017. Being voted out by such a small margin, from a constituency in my home city where I grew up, was a bitter pill to swallow, but I had no choice.
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