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IAN LAVERY MP warns that decades of neoliberal policies have left former industrial communities behind — but a renewed Labour commitment to working people could change the political landscape
From Step Aside Brother to Step Forward Sister
Through self-organisation, women learn from other women and identify for themselves the barriers to their full participation in our movement. LYNN HENDERSON spotlights her new scheme to encourage women to step forward and get involved
PAOLO SANTALUCIA reports on how an Italian region defies US pressure to end a Cuban doctors programme
HENRY FOWLER outlines the GFTU’s new 2026-27 education programme and argues that investing in trade union education is essential to building worker power, developing leaders and strengthening collective action
We need a government that invests in saving lives not destroying them, argues SOPHIE BOLT
More expensive by weight than gold, saffron is surprisingly simple to grow. MAT COWARD explains
The public inquiry is the result of more than a decade of determined campaigning. Now, those who fought for justice want the full story of government involvement and police conduct to be told, says KATE FLANNERY
The Durham Miners’ Gala is a celebration of working-class culture, but also a call to action — to rebuild workers’ collective strength, says KIM JOHNSON MP
A GENERATION ago, Angela Davis writing on women, race and class woke many to what is now described as intersectional oppression.
Without losing sight of class politics, Davis exposed how capitalism, patriarchy and racial inequality historically develop together.
Gendered economic inequality and oppression of women at work remain the dominant structural barriers to working-class advance the world over.
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