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Doug Nicholls
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (centre front) stands with L
Features / 16 July 2024
16 July 2024
DOUG NICHOLLS, chair of the think tank Rebuild Britain, encourages creative engagement with the new government on economic matters particularly
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Features / 30 December 2023
30 December 2023
DOUG NICHOLLS, former general secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions and lifelong campaigner against the European Union, reflects on the recent death of one of the main architects of the EU
U.S. President Joe Biden, right, and Chinese President Xi Ji
Features / 16 November 2022
16 November 2022
The GFTU has been running education courses on what is really happening in China and the US, Doug Nicholls reflects on some of the learnings and the importance of the recent US-China talks in Bali
Community organisations Acorn and Southwark Defend Council h
Features / 19 October 2022
19 October 2022
In the second of a two-part feature for TUC week, DOUG NICHOLLS, general secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions discusses the underestimated strength of community organisations and the value of a new working relationship with trade unions
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Features / 18 October 2022
18 October 2022
In the first of a two-part feature for TUC Congress, DOUG NICHOLLS, general secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions, discusses the issues involved in developing trade union and community relations
Pound coins
Features / 8 July 2022
8 July 2022
Following the recent success of a range of economic seminars, DOUG NICHOLLS, general secretary of the GFTU, argues we have to get a popular and rigorous alternative economic strategy embedded throughout the movement
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Features / 2 June 2022
2 June 2022
Tongue firmly in cheek, DOUG NICHOLLS reflects on the progressive impact of certain royals past — if only due to the culture of rebellion they inspired
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Features / 6 January 2022
6 January 2022
As the Mont Pelerin Society approaches its 75th anniversary this year, socialists and trade unionists need to start thinking about how to bring an end to the dead hand of free-market economics, says DOUG NICHOLLS
Hands off Assange protester
Features / 16 December 2021
16 December 2021
The so-called ‘special relationship’ between Britain and the US is taking new and sinister forms – time to demand a divorce, says DOUG NICHOLLS
EU
Features / 14 December 2020
14 December 2020
DOUG NICHOLLS argues that the current EU negotiating position threatens the green industrial revolution we need and undermines future productive capacity to rebuild after Covid-19
Battersea Park people
Features / 15 May 2020
15 May 2020
We should not for one second allow the new talk of economic meltdown and belt-tightening to gain ground – it’s human welfare that should be our priority, says GFTU general secretary DOUG NICHOLLS
Scotland, Wales, England flowers
Opinion / 7 May 2020
7 May 2020
GFTU general secretary DOUG NICHOLLS reflects on this week’s VE Day celebrations and the international significance of socialist patriotism