IAN LAVERY MP warns that decades of neoliberal policies have left former industrial communities behind — but a renewed Labour commitment to working people could change the political landscape
Trade unionists stand in solidarity with Palestine
PETER LEARY looks ahead to next weekend’s Palestine Solidarity Campaign conference, to discuss how to put pressure on governments and institutions to stop arming Israel and turn strategy into action
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PAOLO SANTALUCIA reports on how an Italian region defies US pressure to end a Cuban doctors programme
HENRY FOWLER outlines the GFTU’s new 2026-27 education programme and argues that investing in trade union education is essential to building worker power, developing leaders and strengthening collective action
We need a government that invests in saving lives not destroying them, argues SOPHIE BOLT
More expensive by weight than gold, saffron is surprisingly simple to grow. MAT COWARD explains
The public inquiry is the result of more than a decade of determined campaigning. Now, those who fought for justice want the full story of government involvement and police conduct to be told, says KATE FLANNERY
The Durham Miners’ Gala is a celebration of working-class culture, but also a call to action — to rebuild workers’ collective strength, says KIM JOHNSON MP
LAST month, TUC Congress, representing 5.5 million workers in Britain, unanimously endorsed the demand for an end to all arms trade with Israel.
Backed by impassioned speeches from Congress delegates, the resolution recognised that Israel’s current genocide follows decades of violations of Palestinian human rights and the imposition of a system of apartheid against all Palestinians, whether they live under illegal military occupation, as Palestinian citizens of Israel, or in exile. The same motion also called for sanctions on Israel and a ramping up of boycott and divestment campaigns.
This important vote comes at an urgent moment, a year into Israel’s genocidal assault on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. At least 42,000 Palestinians have been killed, over two million people have already been displaced — many of them multiple times — and infrastructure including schools, mosques, hospitals and universities have been destroyed. The entire population has been left facing famine.
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