Alvaro Uribe is found guilty of witness tampering and procedural fraud, reports NICK MACWILLIAM
The unions must gear up and go on the offensive
It may be years before we can vote for a Labour leader, writes ANDY BAIN — instead, the organised working class must unite with anti-poverty groups, peace campaigners and others to fight the Tories today
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
DESPITE Sir Keir Starmer’s appearance at the TUC online event on September 14, most trade-union members and leaders will have realised by now that it is they that will have to take the lead in the struggle ahead.
Saving jobs, creating new ones and holding back unemployment will be the main challenge confronting millions of workers. The Covid-19 crisis will leave us fighting on several fronts.
Many trade-union members and others losing their jobs will also be threatened with eviction and the repossession of their homes. This is a trade-union issue — and there are others that are not limited to the workplace.
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Ahead of their annual conference, ANDY BAIN explains how Trades Councils play a role in uniting workers across industries, providing a place for debate and solidarity outside of our own union branches
