Unison director of organising KEVIN LUCAS explains the Organising to Win strategy, its successes to date and key tests on the union’s horizon
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A shameful episode in British colonial history
STEVEN WALKER looks back 100 years to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre
The entrance to the Jallianwala Bagh memorial in Amritsar, India
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Young workers do want to get involved in Unison, and where that is enabled we see growth in workplace power, argue Unison North West Young Members co-chairs ZAIHERA CHAUDHRY and IAN CAULFIELD
British military spending is among the highest in the world, diverts scarce resources from far better causes and fuels international conflict. It’s time we made different choices, argues LIZ PAYNE
Trade unions, trades councils and community organisations must work together to build lasting solidarity and resistance to the far right, argues DREW GILCHRIST
Animal metaphors are testament to delight in the non-human world and what we hope and wish for human freedom, argue ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT"
Economists estimate extreme poverty could be drastically reduced for a fraction of global defence spending, yet military budgets continue to expand year on year, says JON TRICKETT MP, ahead of the Stop the War International Conference on Saturday
THE Peterloo Massacre was recently in the news 200 years after the Establishment used the police and army to attack a peaceful protest to demand workers’ representation in Parliament.
The 15th Hussars were summoned by the magistrate, Mr Hulton, to disperse the crowd. They charged with sabres drawn and in the ensuing confusion 15 people were killed and 400-700 were injured. But another big anniversary this year is likely to receive less attention.
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, also known as the Amritsar massacre, took place on April 13 1919 when troops of the British Indian Army under the command of Colonel Reginald Dyer fired rifles into a crowd of Indians, who had gathered in Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, Punjab.
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