Unison director of organising KEVIN LUCAS explains the Organising to Win strategy, its successes to date and key tests on the union’s horizon
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Rebuilding our manufacturing via socially responsible finance
FAWZI IBRAHIM argues that there will be no significant economic progress unless we re-invest in Britain's manufacturing base and find ways for reducing our dependence on the whims of private finance via state-run banks
A new and substantial government regime of industrial and regional economic aid must be established to begin to rebuild the industrial base. Where necessary, measures of public ownership should be adopted especially where vital industries are under threat.
Young workers do want to get involved in Unison, and where that is enabled we see growth in workplace power, argue Unison North West Young Members co-chairs ZAIHERA CHAUDHRY and IAN CAULFIELD
British military spending is among the highest in the world, diverts scarce resources from far better causes and fuels international conflict. It’s time we made different choices, argues LIZ PAYNE
Trade unions, trades councils and community organisations must work together to build lasting solidarity and resistance to the far right, argues DREW GILCHRIST
Animal metaphors are testament to delight in the non-human world and what we hope and wish for human freedom, argue ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT"
Economists estimate extreme poverty could be drastically reduced for a fraction of global defence spending, yet military budgets continue to expand year on year, says JON TRICKETT MP, ahead of the Stop the War International Conference on Saturday
IT is one thing to expose government’s policies and its incompetence and oppose the attacks on living standards, workers’ rights and welfare provisions, and it is another to come up with the policies that will take the country forward.
It is important to raise our ambitions above the relentless day-to-day struggle to defend pay, conditions and democratic rights — as important as these are — for perpetual defence leads to permanent subjugation. The time is ripe for the working class to stamp its authority on the situation and make politicians dance to our tune.
The crisis that plagues capitalism today is different from those of the 1970s, ‘80s or ‘90s. Capitalism is no longer upbeat with an all-conquering globalisation poised to take over the world, smashing national borders and crashing all opposition in the name of profit.
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