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Essex is ready for a Labour revival
Long the home of the ‘working-class Tory’ stereotype, the recent stagnation of the Thatcherite dream means Essex could soon be a Labour heartland, writes LIAM BARRETT
BREAKING NEW GROUND: Corbyn talks to members of a social enterprise for the long-term unemployed in Tilbury, Essex
The Tatar rebel argued that Western workers could be bought off, so instead a ‘colonial international’ must form a dictatorship over Europe and the US, ideas that led to his expulsion from the Bolsheviks and eventual execution, writes EDMUND GRIFFITHS
HEATHER WOOD reports back from another packed annual Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival, where Palestinian flags flew high and solidarity with Birmingham’s striking refuse workers was central
Robinson successfully defended his school from closure, fought for the unification of the teaching unions, mentored future trade union leaders and transformed teaching at the Marx Memorial Library, writes JOHN FOSTER
A judge in a German court ruled that the ban activity imposed on renowned Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah was unlawful, reports LEON WYSTRYCHOWSKI
At the very moment Britain faces poverty, housing and climate crises requiring radical solutions, the liberal press promotes ideologically narrow books while marginalising authors who offer the most accurate understanding of change, writes IAN SINCLAIR
THE year is 2019 and Thatcher’s fiscal policies of the 1980s has continued to have detrimental effects on the Essex towns she once sought to fight for.
The right-to-buy scheme, enabling council house tenants to take ownership of their property with a discounted price, was a huge score for many Essex voters who once saw the Labour Party as their natural choice.
What followed was lower taxation and control of inflation, advantageous for many former inhabitants of east London, who travelled across the Essex landscape with hope for a more suburban lifestyle.
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