Facing economic turmoil, Jim Callaghan’s government rejected Tony Benn’s alternative economic strategy in favour of cuts that paved the way for Thatcherism — and the cuts-loving Labour of the present era, writes KEITH FLETT
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Will your MP stop WWIII? Maybe you should ask
With politicians dismissing constituents’ fears of global war, the peace movement must look beyond Parliament to prevent catastrophe, writes TOM MORRISON
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The economic value of disability benefits far outweighs their cost, argues Dr DYLAN MURPHY
As tensions rise in the Middle East, the role of Iran in the region’s political balance becomes ever more significant. STEVE BISHOP assesses the current situation
While slashing welfare and public services, Labour’s spring statement delivers a bonanza for death-dealing bomb merchants. We now see the true and terrible face of austerity 2.0, writes MICHAEL BURKE
Detailing the deluge of delusion and dishonesty pushed by the pro-war camp, IAN SINCLAIR identifies four key tactics corporate journalists use to confuse audiences and suppress opposition to the proxy war in the east
From ‘moral duty’ to ‘military Keynesianism,’ Labour manipulates language to justify slashing welfare but pouring billions into warfare, condemning communities like Glasgow South West to deeper poverty, writes MATT KERR
The mass movement supporting Palestine represents potential political power that the left must now embrace as central to its strategy, writes HUGH LANNING, ahead of this Saturday’s Socialism or Barbarism day school in London
IN one of his columns, Andrew Murray said we should ask elected representatives what they are doing to prevent WW3. Clydebank TUC took him up on that challenge, and the local paper, the Clydebank Post, published the following in our monthly column:
“In our last column in the Post, we shared our open letter from Clydebank TUC to local MP Labour’s Douglas McAllister. This was sent to him on January 24, and he replied three days later saying he would provide us with a further response in due course. Given the time that has elapsed, I think we can deduce we ain’t going to get a further response from Douglas! Maybe he genuinely was intending to get back to us but was told by his masters not to bother. Who knows.
“However, it is of concern that the party that was created by the trade unions to be the political arm of the trade union movement treats its members with such contempt. We are aware, of course, that these days the Labour Party is chasing funding from rich individuals and the big corporations rather than the smaller contributions from affiliated unions. A throwback to the days of Tony Blair.
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