Head of education, campaigns and organising for the General Federation of Trade Unions HENRY FOWLER explains why it is launching a fund to support trades councils and give them access to a new range of courses and resources
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TOM MORRISON argues that the impetus to build a new party due to Keir Starmer’s repression has not emerged yet in Britain — the task remains building from the bottom once again
While working people face austerity, arms companies enjoy massive government contracts, writes ARTHUR WEST, exposing how politicians exaggerate the Russian threat to justify spending on a sector that has the lowest employment multiplier
ANYA COOK reports from the Newcastle citizens’ assembly, where over 240 people gathered to create a people’s manifesto ahead of next year’s local elections – part of former mayor Jamie Driscoll’s Majority movement
While claiming to target fraud, Labour’s snooping Bill strips benefit recipients of privacy rights and presumption of innocence, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE, warning that algorithms with up to 25 per cent error rates could wrongfully investigate and harass millions of vulnerable people
Real security comes from having a secure base at home — Keir Starmer’s reckless and renegade decision to get Britain deeper into the proxy war against Russia is as dangerous as it is wasteful, writes SALLY SPIERS
The plan is to stigmatise and destabilise South Africa in preparation for breaking it up while creating a confused and highly racialised atmosphere around immigration in the US to aid in denying rights to non-white refugees, explains EMILE SCHEPERS
ALAN SIMPSON warns that Starmer’s triangulation strategy will fail just as New Labour’s did, with each rightward move by Labour pushing Tories further right
SHOWINGS of the film Oh Jeremy Corbyn: The Big Lie have been the focus of orchestrated attempts at suppression. No less significantly, when showings have taken place, they have also triggered important discussions on the future of the left.
In Scotland, suppression in Ayrshire was followed by a successful showing in West Dunbartonshire. Despite horrendous disruption by local road works, 80 people made it through — an unprecedented number for a local Morning Star meeting. Some travelled all the way from Ayrshire. Some had themselves fallen victim to the oppressive Starmer regime.
The subsequent question and answer session reflected all the anger and anxiety that currently exists on the left. Some of the contributions bordered on hatred of the Labour Party, but, interestingly, the SNP fared little better. This anger inevitably led to calls for the setting up of a new party.
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