Aslef general secretary DAVE CALFE looks at how rail workers and miners stood together against wage cuts 100 years ago – and why the legacy of collective action endures today
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The Tories' talk of putting Parliament on hold reveals their utter contempt for democracy
The fight for a Corbyn-led Labour government is now becoming the fight for democracy against arbitrary rule through authoritarian methods and arcane procedures, writes KEVIN OVENDEN
As Africa’s progressives aim to consolidate its anti-colonial programme, VIJAY PRASHAD reports on the US getting a military foothold in Ghana
KERRY FLECK explains how the annual event unites thousands in a celebration of workers’ power, culture and collective resistance
The former Nato chief stirred up dark historical undercurrents with his call to cut welfare for military spending, says SOLOMON HUGHES
The life of a modest Norfolk organiser contrasts with the dramatic rise and disappearance of a controversial figure in US labour, says MARK SEDDON
JACK YOUD explains how Salford City Council has taken on rogue landlords and won, setting an example to the rest of the country
A LEAVE vote will usher in an unprecedented period of political crisis, disrupting government, Parliament and mechanisms of rule. That’s what a number of us predicted three years ago.
That crisis shows every sign of deepening into the autumn and beyond the October 31 deadline for leaving the EU.
It is raising the possibility of an explosive clash not seen for a century between even the limited norms of British parliamentary democracy and a minority, unpopular government.
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