The Greater Manchester mayor has shifted left over the years — but his record still shows a tendency to wobble when pressure comes from the right, says SOLOMON HUGHES
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ROGER McKENZIE draws attention to the much-neglected oral traditions of the global South that define the identity – and therefore the liberation – of its custodians
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Despite the lifting of restrictions on Monday, the rise in cases poses new challenges for the trade union movement.
Just as workers have organised within their unions to protect their health and safety rights at work in the past, we must now all come together to do the same in this new stage of the crisis.
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