Following a fratricidal period for the left with Morales and Arce at loggerheads, right-wing, anti-MAS candidates obtained over 85 per cent of the votes cast in the latest general election, writes FRANCISCO DOMINGUEZ
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Working-class unity and the new deal: the next steps
Communications Workers Union general secretary DAVE WARD says combatting a resurgent far right means uniting the working class behind a positive vision for change – with collective bargaining at its heart
Communication Workers Union (CWU) general secretary Dave Ward (centre) joins postal workers on the picket line at the Camden Town Delivery Office in north west London, November 24, 2022
The US could imminently return to the Wild West days of widespread and sometimes violent corporate repression of workers, says MARK GRUENBERG
Thousands rallied in Tel Aviv on Saturday, against the war of extermination of Gaza, reports AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN
From training Israeli colonels during the slaughter to protecting Israel at the UN, senior British figures should fear Article 3 of the Genocide Convention that criminalises complicity in mass killing, writes IAN SINCLAIR
General secretary of the YCL GEORGINA ANDREWS looks at the priorities of her organisation, from Palestine solidarity to trade unionism and fighting privatisation at a local level, ahead of its 52nd congress
LUKE FLETCHER fleshes out Plaid Cymru's plan for the revitalisation of Wales's economy
LABOUR is now in power. The New Deal for Workers, which the CWU championed through the labour movement to secure it as TUC and then Labour policy, forms the basis of important employment rights legislation revoking recent Tory anti-union laws and advancing workers’ rights, though it doesn’t go as far as we want in some areas.
At the same time, the far right are on the rise, as we saw in the big vote for Reform UK at the election, racist rioting in August and mobilisations on our streets.
The trade union movement needs to act against growing racism and fascism. We need a strategy to defeat it.
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CWU leader DAVE WARD looks at the Royal Mail takeover bid, the new deal for workers – and how the labour movement should build on it
Royal Mail CEO Simon Thompson and those like him have driven workers to this action — and if we don't all fight back, the 500-year-old postal service we rely on will not be the only institution broken up for a quick buck, writes DAVE WARD
CWU leader DAVE WARD sets out the union's vision for a different Britain
For the labour movement to get on the front foot, our starting point must be our own positive collectivist agenda, says DAVE WARD
