Ecuador’s election wasn’t free — and its people will pay the price under President Noboa
Putting strikes on the map
With 7,000 strikes and counting, ROBERT POOLE and HENRY FOWLER, co-founders of Strike Map, look back on the last two years and forward to the year ahead
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Join the traditional march from Clerkenwell Green, which will bring together countless international workers’ organisations in a statement against the far right
The money tap to anti-Cuban agitators will never be shut off under Trump
Mountains of research show that hardcore material harms children, yet there are still no simple measures in place
We face austerity, privatisation, and toxic influence. But we are growing, and cannot be beaten
Trump’s economic adviser has exposed the actual strategy: forcing other countries to provide financial support for US hegemony
Activist Angie Zelter has been arrested more than a hundred times. She’s not stopping now, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
IT WAS the height of Covid, meeting for a coffee or a pint was forbidden, let alone holding mass rallies or meetings. The TV was full of statements about key workers but we saw a gap.
Where was the link between the key workers in our schools, hospitals and supermarkets and the workers’ movement in this country?
This is how we started. We decided we were going to remind people that it was only through struggle that we gain the rights we take for granted.
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Five years ago, on May Day 2020, as the initial shockwaves of the pandemic rippled through our society, #RedForKeyWorkers launched. To mark International Workers’ Day this year, the need to honour and fight for those who keep our society running is more urgent than ever, write ROBERT POOLE and HENRY FOWLER
This week the Strike Map Team talk to a UCU striker from their picket line in north-west England
As 2021 draws to a close, Strike Map founders ROBERT POOLE and HENRY FOWLER reflect on a year of discontent, the victories and the challenges ahead
ROBERT POOLE and HENRY FOWLER introduce a new book club to help activists get organised and share ideas
