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From Tolpuddle to today: the struggle for justice continues
Covid-19 has put food and agriculture workers at the heart of a national and international fight, says DIANA HOLLAND
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The obfuscation of Nazism’s capitalist roots has seen imperialism redeploy fascism again and again — from the killing fields of Guatemala to the war in Ukraine, writes PAWEL WARGAN
THIS weekend we pay tribute to both the agricultural workers who became the Tolpuddle Martyrs, and today’s agriculture, food production, processing and retail workers, many of whom are Unite members and proud to be recognised as key workers.
The important Thursday applause is, however, seriously undercut by the bitter reality of many working lives.
Low pay, long hours, dangerous work and exploitative employers still dominate working Britain at this time of global pandemic.
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