JOHN REES looks at why the June 20 international anti-war conference is such a vital initiative
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This May Day, the message of equality, peace and justice has never been more vital
ROGER McKENZIE highlights how health workers in DRC are struggling to contain a deadly Ebola outbreak in a region already suffering conflict, aid cuts and a legacy of imperialist degradation
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
May Day 2020 will be strange; none of the fraternity of the marches, rallies and music. None of that great sense of togetherness across the entire labour movement.
But electronic rallies may even attract more people and be a way of getting a message across to an audience that has never actually been to one of our events.
The theme of the events is inequality at all levels.
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