In part III of a serialisation of his new book, JOHN McINALLY tells the extraordinary story of the attempts by ‘moderates’ to prevent leftwinger Mark Serwotka from taking the leadership of the then-newly formed PCS union
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Honouring Chile’s disappeared
Chilean resistance activist SERGIO VASQUEZ addressed a gathering unveiling a plaque in the city of Sheffield marking the 51st anniversary of the 1973 fascist coup in Chile on Saturday — we reprint his powerful speech here
One of the many protesters against former Chilean dictator, General Augusto Pinochet, in Parliament Square, 2000
Trade unionists must raise our voices not only for justice and against occupation, but also to protect our fundamental right to protest, writes LOUISE REGAN, ahead of a not-to-be-missed PSC conference
As the PM and his chief of staff’s blunders have mounted up, ANDREW MURRAY wonders who among Labour’s diminished ‘soft left’ might make a bid for the leadership
The multiple crises this country is facing are policy-driven – and more of the same won’t turn things around, argues DIANE ABBOTT MP
If we want to do better than before then we have to learn from all our experiences – good and bad – and bring those to bear today, writes KEVIN OVENDEN
Morning Star campaigns manager CALVIN TUCKER gives the latest of his fortnightly updates on the all-important 95th Anniversary Appeal
SEPTEMBER 11 1973, marked the beginnings of one of the darkest periods in our country’s history.
There were widespread human rights violations, political repression, and the systematic elimination of trade unionists, students, teachers, lecturers, peasants, shantytown dwellers, and the assassination of our president Salvador Allende.
With the full support of the armed forces, the dictator, Pinochet, they established a brutal regime, suppressing all civil liberties, and persecuting political opponents.
