Gloucestershire’s phlebotomists have brought their historic strike to a close after almost a year of action, leaving a legacy of determination – and a clear lesson about the power of solidarity in the face of anti-union laws and austerity, says FBU general secretary STEVE WRIGHT
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We not only want to defend public service broadcasting but promote a democratised vision of what it should mean, writes Equity leader PAUL W FLEMING
With more people dying each year and many spending their final days in institutions, researchers argue that wider access to palliative care could offer a more humane and cost-effective alternative, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
While public outrage has focused on the abuse committed within Jeffrey Epstein’s orbit, key questions remain unresolved, says JOHN GREEN
In the second part of her critique of Wes Streeting’s TenYear Plan for Health, HELEN MERCER looks at the central planks of this privatisation blueprint
Tens of thousands of students left their classrooms and took to the streets against conscription and rising military spending. NICK WRIGHT reports from Berlin
A call from the World Peace Council to the peace movements of the world
MUCH attention is paid, rightly, by our movement to the government’s dismantling of state support for healthcare, social security and education.
Less attention is paid to arts, culture, and entertainment — which have equally suffered under austerity and privatisation.
When we have that focus, we often turn to subsidised theatre, arts education or the BBC — all at the hard end of cuts.
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