A call from the World Peace Council to the peace movements of the world
We must act on the shared values of unions and community organisations
In the second of a two-part feature for TUC week, DOUG NICHOLLS, general secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions discusses the underestimated strength of community organisations and the value of a new working relationship with trade unions
Community organisations Acorn and Southwark Defend Council housing rally for renters’ rights, April 9 2022
DR HANA SAADA asks why a war crime against innocent children on this scale does not dominate the world’s coverage of the US-Israeli war on Iran
From the colonial oil plunder of 1909 to the current threat of a regional inferno: Western interference in Iran forms a chain of coups, puppets, and cynical geopolitics centered on oil, says MARC VANDEPITTE
As tensions escalate over Iran, CAROL MOCHAN MSP argues that Britain must finally learn from the disastrous legacy of Iraq and choose diplomacy over another catastrophic conflict
While Wes Streeting claims Britain lacks a growth strategy, his own NHS plans reveal one – turning the health service’s vast troves of patient data into a commercial asset for tech giants, investors and private healthcare firms, says HELEN MERCER
The mass killing of Iranian schoolgirls should have dominated global headlines. Instead it became another example of how civilians — especially women and children — are targeted in war, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
VOLUNTARY action, like lay leadership and involvement in unions, is encouraged and widespread in a range of organisations.
Thirty-eight per cent of the population are involved in some form of civic participation, around 75 per cent often give to charity with £22 a month being an average donation.
The most commonly cited reasons for being involved in volunteering in the community are that people want to “improve things” or “help people.”
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