Green Party deputy leader MOTHIN ALI, who will speak at the International Anti-War Conference in London on June 20, says Britain needs to rethink its priorities – and its allies
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The trade union movement must begin to actively co-ordinate strike action
Amid a spiralling cost-of-living crisis, unions must show unity in order to exert the largest possible force, says RMT general secretary MICK LYNCH
RMT general secretary, Mick Lynch, on a picket line outside Euston station in London, June 2022
From Global Counsel to Arden, SOLOMON HUGHES finds firms linked to discredited politicians are still calling the shots in Britain
KEVIN COURTNEY explains why Reform UK is no friend to workers or trade unions, but just another party of the super-rich
EMMA DENT COAD explains why she is stepping down from the council after 20 years and how the legacy of the fire still haunts the area
While international attention focuses on ceasefire frameworks, Israel is openly advancing plans for a permanent expansion of its control over Gaza, writes RAMZY BAROUD
Researchers PAUL HOLDEN and JESSICA MURRAY are calling for whistleblowers and documentary records to uncover how Labour Together helped build the parliamentary majority that now dominates the Labour Party
THIS year’s TUC finds a trade union movement renewed, confident and most importantly, unafraid to flex its industrial muscle.
The cost-of-living crisis has escalated, with rapidly rising inflation, runaway energy prices and continued suppression of wages.
As a result, unions have started to ballot their members over pay, jobs and working conditions. And in many cases have either won disputes or begun to take industrial action.
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