After months of uncertainty over printing and distribution, the first Scottish-printed edition of the Morning Star is soon to roll off the presses
PEOPLE’S Assembly North East in partnership with Tyne & Wear County Association of Trades Councils and Durham Trades Council have just launched a short video campaign to highlight the impact of unemployment in the region.
North-east England is facing a jobs crisis. Thousands of jobs have been lost, tens of thousands of people are on precarious contracts, in insecure work and maybe 100-150,000 people identify as self-employed but, given the current situation, don’t necessarily have a regular income with as many as 80-90,000 of those thought not to be claiming relief.
According to TUC research, the situation is going to get worse and thousands more jobs could be at imminent risk.
MATT ALLEN salutes the workers and reps who push back against bosses, win for members and make the Unite union what it is
Through marches, music, schools and political debate, campaigners in Tower Hamlets are using the 90th anniversary of Cable Street to inspire resistance to modern racism. GLYN ROBBINS explains
Outsourcing is at the heart of inequality. Only collective unity in the trade union movement can topple the Establishment’s obsession with it, says SAM GURNEY
ANYA COOK reports from a Majority conference in Newcastle last weekend featuring Jamie Driscoll and Zarah Sultana



