While slashing welfare and public services, Labour’s spring statement delivers a bonanza for death-dealing bomb merchants. We now see the true and terrible face of austerity 2.0, writes MICHAEL BURKE
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Building internationalism and solidarity
Why trade unionists should build the movement for peace in Palestine and Ukraine, posits JOE WILSON
Detailing the deluge of delusion and dishonesty pushed by the pro-war camp, IAN SINCLAIR identifies four key tactics corporate journalists use to confuse audiences and suppress opposition to the proxy war in the east
From ‘moral duty’ to ‘military Keynesianism,’ Labour manipulates language to justify slashing welfare but pouring billions into warfare, condemning communities like Glasgow South West to deeper poverty, writes MATT KERR
With politicians dismissing constituents’ fears of global war, the peace movement must look beyond Parliament to prevent catastrophe, writes TOM MORRISON
The mass movement supporting Palestine represents potential political power that the left must now embrace as central to its strategy, writes HUGH LANNING, ahead of this Saturday’s Socialism or Barbarism day school in London
Health Secretary Wes Streeting taking £53k from Tory-linked recruiter and outsourcer Peter Hearn’s OPD Group is a great example of how Labour’s rich donors shape policies targeting the poor – not their wealth, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
MAT COWARD recalls the communist and pacifist aristocrat whose commitment made a difference in the Spanish civil war, the Blitz and WWII Europe
AS trade unionists, we stand at a critical juncture. The conflicts in Palestine and Ukraine are not just distant tragedies; they are ongoing catastrophes in which Britain is complicit.
Our duty is to build a labour movement that wins in the workplace, but also one which promotes peace and challenges the systems that perpetuate these wars.
British trade unionists need to mobilise for peace in places such as Palestine and Ukraine, by highlighting the roles of the US, Nato and British arms industries in fuelling these and other conflicts.
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