DAVE WARD of the Communication Workers Union says unions must step up to meet the challenges of a transformed world of work
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Julian Assange and Tolpuddle: two great miscarriages of justice
HELEN MERCER explains the parallels between the two cases, and why the Committee to Defend Julian Assange will be at the festival this year
A sculpture called Anything To Say, which features life-sized bronze figures of whistleblowers (left-right) Edward Snowden, Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning, each standing on their own individual chair, is unveiled at Parliament Square, London, June 24, 2023
Live music and musical education are both under attack and threaten to impoverish our culture. The Musicians’ Union seeks allies in the fightback, writes NAOMI POHL
Who should the trade union movement be fighting for: pimps or marginalised women, asks ANNA FISHER
This summer’s fire outbreaks highlighted once again the deadly cost of job, equipment and funding cuts to the fire service. Ten years after the Grenfell tragedy, serious lessons still need to be learned, says STEVE WRIGHT
As Cuba faces the most dangerous moment in its recent history, Britain must do more than condemn the US blockade at the United Nations, writes KEVIN COURTNEY, chair of the Cuba Solidarity Campaign
The events of 9/11 reverberated across the United States and then the world. JOHN WIGHT remembers the eerie atmosphere that exposed racial divisions at the heart of Hollywood
“Give me the freedom to think, to speak and to argue freely, according to conscience above all other liberties” — George Loveless, leader of the Tolpuddle Martyrs,1834.
“One of the best ways to achieve justice is to expose injustice” Julian Assange, imprisoned on remand in Belmarsh for over four years.
THE Tolpuddle Martyrs were trade unionists transported to Australia in 1834 for seeking higher wages. Julian Assange is an Australian journalist who faces imminent extradition from Britain to the US for publishing the truth about US war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. At first sight, the two cases seem completely different.
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