CLAUDIA WEBBE speaks out against the lethal mechanics of Britain’s culture-war press
From the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders work-in to today
The recent growth of the unions in membership and activity gives us the chance to learn from the past and turn the tables on the right-wing agenda, says KATE RAMSDEN
Powerful agribusiness interests are trying to overturn efforts by the Lula government to protect the environment and indigenous peoples of the Amazon region, writes GABRIELA SA PESSOA
Trade unions and community groups are mobilising to push back against Trump’s racist raids after new revelations of spying on legal protesters. MARK GRUENBERG reports from the US state of Minnesota
The best wildfire service may begin with the community, argues KOMAL RAJ ARYAL
The evolution of the Scottish nationalist leadership into cheerleaders for Nato has led the party to betray its pledges on Palestine and social spending, writes COLL McCAIL
While riding the No 3 bus in Glasgow MATT KERR has ample time to dissect the moribund Scottish Labour decline into near oblivion and watch intriguing bus passenger dynamics
LAST WEEK I chaired the Our Class, Our Culture event for the Morning Star, looking at how the trade union movement defeated anti-trade union laws and an anti-working-class government 50 years ago and the lessons we can learn for the present day.
It was inspiring to hear from Davie Cooper and George Kerr, both veterans of the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders work-in, about their experiences 50 years ago and how unity was won across the yards, across the trade union movement and across wider civic society.
Brenda Carson, a GMB convener and current chair of the STUC women’s committee, bridged the gap between then and now, speaking from her own experience of how memories of the past can inspire the present.
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