Alvaro Uribe is found guilty of witness tampering and procedural fraud, reports NICK MACWILLIAM
Trade unions in the lead
Communist Party industrial organiser ANDY BAIN explains how union-led mass resistance campaigns have become a key strategy in fighting back against neoliberalism since the pandemic
RMT and other transport unions have been at the forefront of resisting the cuts
On the anniversary of the implementation of the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act, ROGER McKENZIE warns that the legacy of black enslavement still looms in the Caribbean and beyond
Starmer’s decision to recognise Palestine only as long as Israel continues to massacre its inhabitants has been met with outrage, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
The creative imagination is a weapon against barbarism, writes KENNY COYLE, who is a keynote speaker at the Manifesto Press conference, Art in the Age of Degenerative Capitalism, tomorrow at the Marx Memorial Library & Workers School in London
RAMZY BAROUD explains why the world can no longer ignore Palestine
Starmer’s decision to suspend Diane Abbott yet again demonstrates a determination to maintain and propagate a hierarchy of racism, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
AROUND 5.5 million workers in Britain are organised in trade unions which are affiliated to the TUC and there are a few thousand more non-affiliated.
This is the largest democratic body of people in the country, but, more importantly, all these workers are organised in a structure that is designed to play a role in the class struggle.
Trade unions are of central importance in the unavoidable conflict between the two main classes in capitalist society — between the class which owns most of industry and commerce and the class whose labour is essential for our economy and society to function.
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