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People taking part in the Honour the Children of Gaza demonstration in St. Peter's Square, Manchester, March 23, 2024
PRO-PALESTINIAN campaigners and trade unionists have joined forces to stage joint events marking May Day this weekend.
Trades union councils have worked with local Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) groups in towns and cities across Britain to stage joint marches and rallies.
In Leeds, the theme of today’s 134th May Day march and rally will be a call for peace in Gaza, where the Palestinian death toll is now more than 34,000.
One hundred years after 1.7m workers shut the country down in defence of the miners, the struggles that sparked the 1926 General Strike are still with us – and will be honoured on London’s May Day march this year, writes MARY ADOSSIDES
Campaigns against nuclear weapons on the Clyde, financial backing for arms firms and rising militarism are converging with solidarity for Palestine, as Scotland’s peace movement builds momentum ahead of the 2026 Holyrood election, says ARTHUR WEST
Trade unionists must raise our voices not only for justice and against occupation, but also to protect our fundamental right to protest, writes LOUISE REGAN, ahead of a not-to-be-missed PSC conference