Washington’s inability to subjugate Iran is an example of how it is trying to preserve a regional order that no longer exists, argues RAMZY BAROUD
A crucial juncture for our movement
With Tory attacks on our rights, the dangers of a no-deal Brexit and rising racism in our society, it’s never been more important to stand united, says MARK SERWOTKA
Protesters in Westminster as MPs are take part in an emergency debate over a new law to block a no-deal Brexit last week
US financial instability is exposing the limits of a dollar-dominated global economy — and giving the Global South a historic chance to build an alternative, says MURAD QURESHI
DOUG NICHOLLS says the parasitic finance markets must be challenged or another British government could be toppled
The late country singer’s Imagination Library has put hundreds of millions of books into children’s hands. We should build on that legacy by defending the libraries at the heart of our communities, says BRENDA AITCHISON
Deprivation is a fundamental factor in criminal behaviour that must be addressed but, KENNY MacASKILL argues, there needs to a major rethink in sentencing to tackle overcrowding
MML director MEIRIAN JUMP outlines the recently refreshed library’s busy autumn schedule that ranges from book sales, archival exploration, community work with online education and the ever popular site tours
TONY BURKE surveys the shifting political landscape and the challenges Labour needs to address if it is to prevail in the 2028 federal elections
THIS year’s TUC will be one of the most important in many years.
The labour and trade union movement faces huge challenges, not only with the possibility of a no-deal Brexit but with our state of readiness to defend all of our members from attacks by a hard-right Tory government.
In various pockets of the economy we have been putting up a tremendous fight. In PCS we have 15 disputes around various issues, including indefinite strike action over the London living wage at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, a month’s strike action currently at the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency and repeated strikes in universal credit.
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