General secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions GAWAIN LITTLE calls for support and participation in the national partnership organised to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 1926 general strike
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Putting workers at the heart of a Just Transition
Nautilus International general secretary MARK DICKINSON calls for the rights of workers to be protected as we move to zero-emissions shipping
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After brutal police crackdowns on pensioners and the forced approval of secret IMF deals, trade unions are finally responding to grassroots pressure and fighting back against savage neoliberal reforms, reports BERT SCHOUWENBURG
Bizarrely, Trump’s latest attacks now include the National Zoo, but his real and racist agenda is to strip everything black from the country’s cultural institutions, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
The transformation of a stable secular state into a fractured ruin largely ruled by Western-backed fundamentalists exposes the hollow nature of ‘multipolarity’ and the absence of principled anti-imperialism today, writes ZOLTAN ZIGEDY
Facing economic turmoil, Jim Callaghan’s government rejected Tony Benn’s alternative economic strategy in favour of cuts that paved the way for Thatcherism — and the cuts-loving Labour of the present era, writes KEITH FLETT
The economic value of disability benefits far outweighs their cost, argues Dr DYLAN MURPHY
As tensions rise in the Middle East, the role of Iran in the region’s political balance becomes ever more significant. STEVE BISHOP assesses the current situation
ACTION on climate change is non-negotiable; the devastating impact of climate breakdown is already evident from bush fires in Australia to the deathly floods in Pakistan. We must all play our part to address this major challenge of our time.
As the backbone of the global economy, shipping is one of the most carbon-intensive industries. The British government has set a target for zero-emissions shipping to be achieved by 2050, an ambition Nautilus International wholeheartedly supports.
Nautilus believes in a just and human-centred transition, one that guarantees our people, the skilled and dedicated maritime professionals that form the beating heart of global supply chains, are full and active participants in change.
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