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Can unions turn the Covid crisis into a ‘1945 moment’?
CWU leader DAVE WARD speaks to Ben Chacko about building collectivism and challenging a system that doesn’t work for ordinary people
CWU leader Dave Ward: 'I would appeal to every trade union leader in this country to recognise that we can’t change things on our own'
Growing instability in the US economy and financial markets could have serious consequences worldwide because of the central role of the US dollar and financial system, argues MICHAEL BURKE
Despite Andy Burnham’s declaration defending the continued partition of the island, all major international and internal trends are converging to make Irish reunification inevitable
Humans are part of the ‘animal kingdom’ – and of nature in general – but also distinct from it and labour (work) is part of what makes us unique, declared Engels. His insights 150 years ago into how our species came to be and how we differ from the rest of nature, are as important today as they were then, says the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Growing instability in the US economy and financial markets could have serious consequences worldwide because of the central role of the US dollar and financial system, argues MICHAEL BURKE
From Margate to Deal, mining memories are being kept alive. National co-ordinator for General Strike 100, HENRY FOWLER continued his nationwide tour of partner organisations in the Garden of England
FOR CWU leader Dave Ward, the crises Britain faces as it emerges from the Covid nightmare must be a “1945 moment.”
This is not just an analogy for far-reaching change. As the communications union’s motion Building Collectivism points out, we not only need to “rebuild from a crisis but to tackle the very same issues we face today that the Beveridge report highlighted then.”
Eight decades after the Attlee government laid the foundations of the welfare state, Britain is stalked by poverty, hunger, a shredded social security system, public services hollowed out by underfunding and outsourcing. It’s time for a “new social settlement.”
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