JOE BESWICK of the London Renters Union talks to the Morning Star’s new Left on Record programme
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The unnecessarily violent police intervention at a Quaker place of worship is a PR disaster and will only serve to deepen the chasm between them and the public. SYMON HILL reports
ANDREW MURRAY wonders whether recent opinion polling and a fresh local authority by-election result in Ilford are an indication that the time is ripe for the left to make inroads
Due to the actions of this government, the challenges facing those with disabilities, such as spinal cord injuries, are nigh on insurmountable, argus RUTH HUNT
General secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions GAWAIN LITTLE calls for support and participation in the national partnership organised to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 1926 general strike
After brutal police crackdowns on pensioners and the forced approval of secret IMF deals, trade unions are finally responding to grassroots pressure and fighting back against savage neoliberal reforms, reports BERT SCHOUWENBURG
Bizarrely, Trump’s latest attacks now include the National Zoo, but his real and racist agenda is to strip everything black from the country’s cultural institutions, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
AN ELECTION is under way for the new general secretary of the National Union of Journalists. The last contested election for the union’s top job was in 2001, meaning that many members may not have voted for their general secretary before. There is a vital choice to be made now.
Rounds of redundancies are forcing hard-working journalists out of the newsroom. Freelancers find budgets have been slashed and rates are not rising. New entrants struggle with poorly paid and insecure roles without adequate support.
In every direction our members are exploited and our safety compromised. Greedy executives and shareholders put profit before quality journalism and fairness at work. Tech giants and AI developers continue to abuse their power and steal our work without consent or payment.
