A new generation of right-wing politicians have shifted from promoting deregulation to championing anti-migrant politics warns SOLOMON HUGHES
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The Tory war on trade unions is an attack on all our freedoms
RICHARD BURGON argues that the Tories are becoming more authoritarian as opposition to their reactionary policies grows
Protesters outside Downing Street, London, demonstrating against the new law on strikes
by the Greater Manchester Workers’ and Tenants’ Association
The US relationship with Israel has evolved into a strategic liability, argues RAMZY BAROUD
A champion motorcyclist, trade union organiser and communist, Clem Beckett went from Britain’s speedway tracks to the battlefields of Spain, where he gave his life resisting Franco’s forces at Jarama. GEOFF BOTTOMS pays tribute to this remarkable anti-fascist
The greatest threat to democracy may no longer come from political parties but from unelected tech oligarchs like Peter Thiel and his powerful Silicon Valley network, argues JOHN GREEN
Claiming to ease a fertiliser shortage, the Trump administration has suspended tariffs on Moroccan phosphate imports – deepening US support for the Morocco’s control over Sahrawi territory, writes LUKE ROTELLO
THE Tories’ anti-strikes Bill was rammed through the House of Commons this week. MPs have had just a few hours to debate this key piece of legislation that delivers a blow to the right to strike.
The wretched piece of legislation will see workers who have democratically voted for strike action forced to go in to work. And it will see trade unions forced to play a role in policing them in to work. If they don’t, they will face legal action and heavy fines.
This Bill fundamentally alters the roles of trade unions and is a fundamental attack on one of our core democratic rights.
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