From the battlefields of Spain to today’s campaigns for peace and justice, the spirit of the International Brigades continues to inspire international solidarity across the labour movement, says MICAELA TRACEY-RAMOS
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Micaela Tracey-Ramos
![Tapestry of Picasso’s “Guernica” on a pro-Palestine demonstration in Brighton. The tapestry is the creation of a Brighton-based collective project involving artists and local peace, anti-fascist and pro-refugee groups [Pic: Cate-May Hann]](https://msd11.gn.apc.org/sites/default/files/styles/desktop/public/2026-07/IMG_0912.JPG.webp?itok=R51Put6v)
Militarism and war cannot be separated from ‘bread and butter issues,’ argues MICAELA TRACEY-RAMOS — opposing them is central to trade unionism
Trump is trying to crush Cuba — we in the British trade union movement have a duty of practical solidarity, argues MICAELA TRACEY-RAMOS
MICAELA TRACEY-RAMOS explains how Britain’s largest union is putting pressure on the British government to recognise the Palestinian state and end its complicity with Israel’s murderous actions
MICAELA TRACEY-RAMOS agitates for British youth to engage in the fight for peace and the transfer of investment from armament to social programmes
MICAELA TRACEY-RAMOS reports back from a trade union delegation to Colombia, on the difficulties facing the Petro government in maintaining the peace agenda, and how the business-oriented opposition obstructs pro-worker reforms passing into law
