DAVE CALFE, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ trade union, writes exclusively for the Morning Star as the union’s five-day annual conference opens in Birmingham
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EARLY PROMISE THREATENED: Gabriel Boric giving his victory speech on December 19 2021
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HENRY FOWLER, national co-ordinator for General Strike 100, continued his nationwide tour of partner organisations by joining campaigners and trade unionists in Brighton for the unveiling of a new blue plaque and a full day of commemorative events marking the centenary of the ‘Battle of Lewes Road’
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The collapse of Streeting’s leadership challenge and an opening for Burnham’s potential path back to Parliament have accelerated the battle over what – if anything – Labour still stands for, writes ANDREW MURRAY
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TOMORROW around 15 million Chileans will have to vote to select the 50 members of the Constitutional Council that will draft a new proposal for a constitution, after a majority of 62 to 38 per cent had voted to rejected the first proposal for a new and radical Magna Carta on September 4 2022.
Five separate lists of candidates are presented for election. Unity for Chile (made up of the Communist, Socialist, Humanist Action and Broad Front parties) and All for Chile (which brings together two social democratic parties of the Party for Democracy and the Radical Party, and the Christian Democrats) are the two representing the ruling coalition of the Gabriel Boric government.
The opposition lists are formed by the traditional right-wing parties (Renovacion Nacional, Union Democrata Independiente and Evolucion Politica).
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