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
JIM RADFORD, the youngest participants in the D-Day landings has died aged 92, a victim of coronavirus.
Radford became a national hero in his 90s when he sang his own song The Shores of Normandy at two televised concerts in 2014. Released to raise funds for the Normandy Memorial Trust, the song topped the Amazon and iTunes download charts in the first week of June last year.
Radford was born in Hull in October 1928. After a very tough childhood he went to sea. At 15 he was galley boy on the Empire Larch, an ocean going tug towing troop carriers across to the D-Day Normandy beaches. It was his first ever voyage.
As the anti-fascist movement mourns the death of Gerry Gable, his long-time comrade and former Searchlight editor STEVE SILVER reflects on the life of an indispensable activist who spent six decades infiltrating, exposing and undermining fascism
Charles Lubselski pays tribute to a lifelong communist and supporter of the Daily Worker and Morning Star
Maggie Bowden was a trailblazing campaigning lawyer at Birnberg and Thompsons, women’s organiser of the Communist Party, and general secretary of Liberation



