TUC president and POA leader STEVE GILLAN speaks to Ben Chacko on the eve of Congress 2026
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We must halt the escalation towards World War III
The Star publishes here a speech by SEVIM DAGDELEN, member of the German Bundestag, at the Conference for World Equilibrium in Havana, Cuba, earlier this week
Emergency workers clear the rubble after a Russian rocket his a multi-storey building leaving many people under debris in the south-eastern city of Dnipro
DOUG NICHOLLS welcomes a turning point at this year’s Congress, where many motions call for a co-ordinated plan to revive British industry, a perspective outlined in his new book
HOPE VIRGO of campaign Dump the Scales warns MPs voting today they should be alert to the threat legalised assisted death poses to people with eating disorders
The Together Alliance is hosting two summits, North and South, to build power and plan action against the scourge of racism peddled by the right. DANIEL KEBEDE urges mass participation
The drift toward militarisation in Europe is not inevitable, left-wing and peace movements can preserve sovereignty and prevent war, says DÁIRE HUGHES MP
Whatever differences exist among international sympathisers of the Bolivarian revolution about its current trajectory, they should unite against the imperialist power that is the source of an enforced retreat, argues ROGER D HARRIS
Trade unions need to step up and force a turn in the policies of the labour movement to effectively confront the far-right threat, argues NICK WRIGHT
THIS conference turns the spotlight on the key question of our time, namely how can humanity, in all its diversity, achieve balanced coexistence?
In a context of war, militarisation and increasingly bitter bloc confrontation with the potential to escalate into a third world war, this question is of existential importance.
I speak to you today as a member of Parliament from the left-wing opposition in a country that is a warring party in the Ukraine conflict.
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