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The Labour Party’s anti-war traditions go back to its roots
Despite attempts to erase history, there has always been strong anti-imperialist pro-peace contingent in Labour and the wider movement, says KEITH FLETT
Labour Party legend the late Tony Benn addresses a Stop the War Coalition conference in 2004
JOHN REES looks at why the June 20 international anti-war conference is such a vital initiative
Associate Professor BUI QUANG TUAN explains how modernisation and growth are helping to unlock new foreign investment in the Vietnamese economy
New workplace rights are welcome, but the survival of the trade union movement will be determined not in Westminster but in workplaces across the country, argues JOHN CARSON
Nearly two decades after leaving office, the former PM is still trumpeting the same futile militarism and failed free market dogmas. The question naturally arises: why does anyone still listen to him, says ANDREW MURRAY
Very modest growth in membership serves to underline the need for a change of recruiting strategies, posits NIGEL FLANAGAN
TONY BLAIR made a point on turning his back on the labour movement and rejecting Labour Party history.
Despite having been MP for Sedgefield, in the north-east of England, he broke with tradition as leader and shunned the Durham Miners’ Gala.
His main interest was in developing the future for New Labour, although, had he studied history, he might have grasped that there was nothing all that new, in most respects, about his project.
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