Andy Burnham’s leadership will be judged on whether he charts a genuinely different course, argues BECK ROBERTSON
What can we learn from the NHS strike ballot results?
Launching and winning future health ballots will require a drive to engage members and to explain to them what is at stake — and the struggle is only just beginning in earnest, says HELEN O’CONNOR
While Italy’s communist tradition remains fragmented and politically marginal, France’s party is attempting to re-establish itself as an independent force rooted in working-class organisation, says NICK WRIGHT
Critics of UBI underestimate both its political significance and its economic potential, writes BERT SCHOUWENBURG
As Ontario burns, campaigners are demanding action – not more pipelines, says DAVE McKEE
Innovation in biotechnology is changing how we conceive of meat, say ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT of SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
AS THE NHS trade unions analyse our ballot results, it’s important to draw lessons for the future because attacks on the health service are not going away. Staff will continue to be affected by the ruthless drive to defund the NHS, carve it up and farm it out the highest bidder.
The NHS is still a long way from being the poorest persons’ dumping ground that uninsured people get in the United States, but be in no doubt that the Tories will use this pandemic to drive their cuts and privatisation agenda and attacks on pay, terms and conditions will be ramped up further.
There is still much to defend and protect before we end up completely losing the free healthcare that previous generations fought hard for.
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