JOE BESWICK of the London Renters Union talks to the Morning Star’s new Left on Record programme
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RMT leader MICK LYNCH talks to Elizabeth Short about why Starmer needs to fulfil promises to scrap anti-strike laws and renationalise rail, and laments the lack of a transformative green new deal to create jobs and tackle the climate crisis
Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union general secretary Mick Lynch speaking at a rally during a pro-Palestine march in central London, organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, to call for a ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Pic
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
IN the countdown to the general election, RMT general secretary Mick Lynch’s message is resolute: “The main task ahead of us for anyone that’s in any way progressive — is to get the Tories out.”
The Star caught up with him amid a barrage of pre-election interviews and just ahead of the union’s AGM.
RMT has not shied away from criticising Labour — as a socialist union, it’s hard not to. Yet Lynch remains practical — the only way to end the Tories’ 14-year reign is by getting Labour in.
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