TUC president and POA leader STEVE GILLAN speaks to Ben Chacko on the eve of Congress 2026
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Windrush 75 – the fight to honour a generation’s legacy is still far from over
The government’s obfuscation, evasiveness and delay since the Windrush scandal was exposed makes clear that those in power cannot be trusted to do the right thing, says CLAUDIA WEBBE MP
Windrush campaigners (left to right) Michael Anthony Braithwaite, Janet McKay-Williams, Auckland Elwaldo Romeo, Glenda Caesar, Patrick Vernon and Dr Wanda Wporska hand in a petition to 10 Downing Street, London, calling on the Home Secretary Suella Braverman to honour the promises of her predecessor to implement all the recommendations of the independent Williams report, April 6, 2023
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 week marks the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush at Tilbury Dock on June 22 1948, which started the process, which continued until 1971, of pioneers from all over the Caribbean paving the way to support and meet the needs of a nation recovering from war.
Britain invited them to help in the aftermath of World War II, and in solidarity they came.
My own family were among that generation. My parents arrived from the Caribbean Island of Nevis and settled in Leicester and, like others of their generation, made huge sacrifices to build the Britain we know today.
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