TUC president and POA leader STEVE GILLAN speaks to Ben Chacko on the eve of Congress 2026
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To win back the working class we must ditch identity politics
The right has seized on our insistence upon all things woke and have used this to parody our whole movement, says BECK ROBERTSON
CLASS STRUGGLE:Trade unionists in Parliament Square, London calling on the government to save the UK steel industry
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
THE recent election result was a disappointing one for Labour, and in its wake many leftist political pundits have rushed to cite Brexit as the sole reason for the erosion of the red wall.
Centrists, in their fervour to wrest control from the hands of socialists and steer it back to a neoliberal economic agenda, have been ardent in their insistence that both the leadership and far-left monetary policy were reasons so many deserted.
Yet though Brexit was undoubtedly important, and Jeremy Corbyn’s popularity may have played a part, there is another long-ignored factor — identity politics and its role in the perception of the party as a vehicle for middle-class Islingtonites.
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