REBECCA LONG BAILEY MP writes that it is time not just to adopt policies that will revitalise the lives of workers, but speak honestly and openly about whose side we are on and who the Labour Party is for: the millions, not the millionaires
Living Rent – all power to the tenants' unions
CONRAD LANDIN salutes the victorious work of the Living Rent tenants' union in Glasgow
All the areas that cause working people to feel insecure have to be addressed, through a return to unashamedly pro-worker politics, if the horror of a Farage government is to be avoided, writes IAN LAVERY MP
We cannot refuse to abolish the unjustifiable two-child benefit cap that pushes children into poverty while finding billions of pounds for defence spending — the membership and the public expect better from Labour, writes JON TRICKETT MP
JIM JUMP looks forward to the International Brigade Memorial Trust AGM taking place in Belfast later this week where the spirit of solidarity will be rekindled
If we can tackle the big issues, like delivering decent public services and affordable state-built and owned housing by making the richest pay a fair amount of tax, Labour can win back the trust and support of the electorate, argues ANDY McDONALD MP
Huge protests against corruption and preventable deaths during flooding have rocked the government — the masses are not likely to be able to take direct control in their own interests yet, writes KENNY COYLE, but it’s a promising show of people power
AMID momentous struggles against the odds, victories can sometimes get rather overlooked. A strike going ahead is always more newsworthy than a strike called off.
So let’s take a moment to applaud the women strikers of Glasgow, who this week had their compensation deal signed off by the city council. Their fight for equal pay met with a decade of intransigence and obstruction from SNP and Labour politicians alike, and they were blasted as irresponsible and ignorant of their own lot. On the contrary, their victory shows this council as one of lions led by donkeys.
There was also a win in a smaller – but no less significant – fight. Tenants’ union Living Rent this week announced it had been successful in claiming back £550 in illegal tenant fees from letting agent Castle Residential. Last month the Star reported that bosses refused a hearing to out-of-pocket tenants when they picketed outside and asked for a meeting. Living Rent organised another demo on Tuesday this week – but minutes before it was due to start, the letting agent coughed up.
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