Washington’s inability to subjugate Iran is an example of how it is trying to preserve a regional order that no longer exists, argues RAMZY BAROUD
‘Competitive’ trade unionism is holding back progress
NEU president PHIL CLARKE, writing in a personal capacity, explains why a different way of organising school support staff is needed
Members of the National Education Union (NEU) take part in a rally through Westminster to Parliament Square, London, as teachers stage walkouts across England in an ongoing dispute over pay, July 5, 2023
US financial instability is exposing the limits of a dollar-dominated global economy — and giving the Global South a historic chance to build an alternative, says MURAD QURESHI
DOUG NICHOLLS says the parasitic finance markets must be challenged or another British government could be toppled
The late country singer’s Imagination Library has put hundreds of millions of books into children’s hands. We should build on that legacy by defending the libraries at the heart of our communities, says BRENDA AITCHISON
Deprivation is a fundamental factor in criminal behaviour that must be addressed but, KENNY MacASKILL argues, there needs to a major rethink in sentencing to tackle overcrowding
MML director MEIRIAN JUMP outlines the recently refreshed library’s busy autumn schedule that ranges from book sales, archival exploration, community work with online education and the ever popular site tours
TONY BURKE surveys the shifting political landscape and the challenges Labour needs to address if it is to prevail in the 2028 federal elections
A LOT HAS changed politically since the turn of the century. Unfortunately what has been largely consistent is a continuing decline in union density.
Will the TUC Congress in Brighton be a place for our union leaderships to really debate out how we tackle the problems we face and how we try to address them as a movement? Or will the Congress will be a space where many worthy motions are passed but lacking serious discussion on what we need to do differently?
Some factors are outside of our control — AI and a changing employer landscape, to name but two — there are few more important battles than the one GMB is fighting at Amazon for recognition.
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