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Only protests and stoppages in communities, towns and cities will stop Johnson
The embryonic movement forming this weekend already faces a choice: radical, insurgent and to topple the government; or conventional and steered by those whose genius lost the Remain campaign three years ago? asks KEVIN OVENDEN
Demonstrators during a TUC rally in central London

CHILDREN going hungry. A right-wing government of millionaires in contempt of Parliament. British ministers dancing to Donald Trump’s tune. Assorted venal MPs of various stripes desperate to avoid the wind of democratic accountability and a general election.

That’s not an apocalyptic vision of this coming autumn.

It is a description of spring and summer. Foodbanks this week reported running out of supplies due to the number of hungry kids during the holidays.

It is an extraordinary moment to mobilise the labour movement and millions of working people to fight
for a ‘once in a generation’ change

Liberation webinar, 30 November2024, 6pm (UK)
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