Climate justice and workers’ rights movements are uniting to make the rich pay for our transition to a green economy, writes assistant general secretary of PCS JOHN MOLONEY, ahead of a major demonstration on September 20
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The scandal of blacklisting is far from over
A public inquiry is needed so that justice can finally be served, writes CHRIS STEPHENS
An anti-blacklisting protest on College Green in central London, November 2013
Ben-Gvir’s threat to treat the flotilla as terrorists shows how seriously Israel takes the danger of growing solidarity activism from civil society to its standing on the international stage, writes RAMZY BAROUD
ANYA COOK reports from a Majority conference in Newcastle last weekend featuring Jamie Driscoll and Zarah Sultana
A new report from the Citizens Advice Bureau destroys the government narrative about disabled people ‘choosing’ not to work, showing the £3,000 annual cuts will create a two-tiered system based on claim dates rather than needs, writes DYLAN MURPHY
MEDEA BENJAMIN and NICOLAS JS DAVIES argue that it is high time for the UN to get its teeth into resolving the insufferable plight of the Palestinian nation
Who you ask and how you ask matter, as does why you are asking — the history of opinion polls shows they are as much about creating opinions as they are about recording them, writes socialist historian KEITH FLETT
HAVING reported on these pages in the past about the bizarre and surreal nature of Westminster, six weeks ago I found myself rising in the chamber at Prime Minister’s Questions to ask a question that is usually dismissed by the Establishment and liable to have me labelled a conspiracy theorist.
It is one of the defining characteristics of the pantomime that is the House of Commons that MPs have to deploy the tactic of asking questions that they can predict the answer to in order to make a point.
I asked for a public inquiry into blacklisting. Ten years on since the discovery of the documents that revealed the true nature of the Consulting Association, the seriousness and widespread depth of the blacklisting conspiracy is coming to light.
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After Keir Starmer has made his politics plain for all to see, CHRIS STEPHENS MP argues that the SNP is now the more progressive party on the NHS, geopolitics, nuclear weapons and workers’ rights
Only by stating the case for the SNP to remain a progressive party of economic and social reform that will lead us to full independence from Westminster will we remain in power — one candidate does that, argues CHRIS STEPHENS MP
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In the face of Tory machinations under the guise of a 'review,' the Scottish government and trade unions are opposing any downgrading of our employment protections, reports CHRIS STEPHENS MP
