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Barristers say there is ‘no evidence’ that Labour's drastic plans will reduce the backlog of cases waiting to be heard in court
TRADE unionists gathered in Manchester today to commemorate thousands of the city’s 19th century cotton industry workers who boycotted slavery in the United States.
Boycotting slavery in confederate states during the American civil war cost the workers dearly — 60 per cent of Lancashire’s cotton mills shut down.
In December 1862 they wrote to US president Abraham Lincoln informing him of their action, he replied the following January to thank them.
LYNNE WALSH tells the story of the extraordinary race against time to ensure London’s memorial to the International Brigades got built – as activists gather next week to celebrate the monument’s 40th anniversary
BILL GREENSHIELDS invites all and sundry to this years’ Derby Silk Mill Lockout March, Rally and People’s Festival on June 7
