Economists estimate extreme poverty could be drastically reduced for a fraction of global defence spending, yet military budgets continue to expand year on year, says JON TRICKETT MP, ahead of the Stop the War International Conference on Saturday
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Trees, don’t you just love 'em
PETER FROST takes a walk in the woods and both marvels at and worries about trees
RARE SIGHT: Black Poplar and Isfield Church, East Sussex
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As Unison launches its Year of Women Workers, ANNIE COGAN-THOMAS argues that stronger organisation and collective bargaining are essential to winning equality
Trade unions, trades councils and community organisations must work together to build lasting solidarity and resistance to the far right, argues DREW GILCHRIST
Recent violence in Belfast was not spontaneous — it was built on years of failure and political neglect, argues STIOFAN O NUALLAIN
As delegates meet in Brighton this week, Unison faces pressing questions about pay, organising, workers’ rights and political representation, explains ANDY CHAFFER
Andy Burnham’s growing stature has fuelled hopes of a Labour revival – but ALAN SIMPSON warns that Britain’s crisis runs far deeper than just its leadership and traces its roots to decades of financialised capitalism
YOU probably already guessed that Frosty won’t be writing much about the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee this year. I might return to her favourite son, Andrew, aka the defendant, aka the dirty old Duke of York, but not much about old Queenie herself.
However, I have got a bit of space to mention one thing that is happening to mark 70 years on the throne. The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) is a tree planting initiative created to mark the anniversary.
All across the country, we are all being encouraged to plant one or more trees and that has to be a good thing. Working with many commercial sponsors and the Woodland Trust local groups and organisations can even apply for free trees and planting kits.
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