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Album Reviews / 3 March 2025
3 March 2025
New releases by Samba Touré, Santrofi, and Piers Faccini & Ballake Sissoko 
SCARING TRUMP: (Left to right) Brazil’s President Luiz Ina
Features / 24 February 2025
24 February 2025
The towering figures of the North American right and the South American left are set to clash this summer as Brazil hosts Brics, an alliance Trump is determined to smash, reports TONY BURKE
US unions
Features / 11 January 2025
11 January 2025
The looming Trump presidency has forced unions to rebuild their unity and strength, writes TONY BURKE, as the SEIU returns to the AFL-CIO, healing the 2005 rift over organising priorities and getting ready to fight the right together
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Culture / 30 December 2024
30 December 2024
A horn of plenty, no less!
Volkswagen employees demonstrate in front of the Volkswagen
Features / 30 November 2024
30 November 2024
TONY BURKE reports on growing industrial unrest as Volkswagen plans its first German plant closures in 90 years amid its struggles to gain a place in the growing EV market, putting it on a collision course with IG Metall
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, speaks during the Global Citizen Aw
Features / 5 October 2024
5 October 2024
From the ports to the postal service, Swedish unions are outmanoeuvring Tesla in solidarity with striking mechanics — speaking to Tony Burke, IF Metall’s MARIE NEILSON explains that collective bargaining remains non-negotiable in Sweden
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Global routes / 22 May 2024
22 May 2024
The Jimi Hendrix of the kora, pure Soviet guitar and North African funk
Mexican presidential hopeful Claudia Sheinbaum, center, gree
Features / 22 May 2024
22 May 2024
With elections coming up next month, the race is on to decide who will be the presidential successor to popular leftwinger Amlo, says TONY BURKE
Unite Google protest
Features / 18 April 2024
18 April 2024
TONY BURKE looks at the issues that have led to the TUC’s special taskforce on AI and the concerns of organised workers in the sectors that are already being affected by this powerful new technology