ROGER McKENZIE argues that Africa's ultimate liberation depends on its ability to decolonise itself including the redrawing of its present national borders imposed by Europe
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Durham Miners Association chair STEPHEN GUY explains how the legacy of the strike lives on in north-east England with the miners’ gala in July and the under-refurbishment ‘Pitman’s Parliament’
While the US president dreams of a grotesque, neocolonial ‘Riviera of the Middle East,’ Architects for Gaza are working to restore services and rebuild communities on the exact sites of homes destroyed by Israel, writes EMMA DENT COAD
Trump’s threats to ‘take back’ the canal amid false claims of Chinese influence have sparked nationwide protests and evoked painful memories of 1964, when US troops killed 21 Panamanian student protesters, reports TAN WAH PIOW
Wherever prostitution laws are ‘liberalised,’ the result is a surge in human trafficking and abuse, writes STELLA BAILEY
Starmer’s unseemly rush to the right is part of a historical pattern when Labour is in power, argues ANDREW MURRAY, but there’s no reason why politics in general should follow this trajectory
From confronting Nato to defending Irish neutrality, Clare Daly’s principled stance embodies the often-forgotten peace tradition at the heart of IWD — we are proud to welcome her to our Belfast event, writes LYNDA WALKER
As TUC Women’s Conference prepares to debate the decriminalisation of prostitution, EMMA, who exited the sex industry more than nine years ago, reflects on how her harrowing experience changed her initial view that ‘sex work is work’
THE miners’ strike of 1984-85 was an industrial dispute often considered a “battle,” involving 184,000 miners, their communities, the state, including most of the British media, the National Coal Board (NCB) and the Tory government, led by Margaret Thatcher.
The dispute was not about pay and conditions but rather a fight to preserve an industry, communities and a way of life. For decades, coalmining in Britain was the backbone of the economy, not least in north-east England, employing hundreds of thousands of people, hence the importance of victory in the struggle.
By any measure, the 1984-85 miners’ strike was a pivotal moment is British history and had no parallel in terms of its duration, size or impact, which continues to endure across many workplaces and communities.
