State machinery was widely employed to secure favourable outcomes in India’s recent regional elections against three progressive regional governments who dared to challenge Narendra Modi, asserts VIJAY PRASHAD
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Women need trade unions to take on the threat of automation
The jobs being hardest hit by automation are in occupations dominated by women, says SHARON GRAHAM
Checkout workers are increasingly being replaced by machines
It is too early to assume a US defeat in Iran — we must prepare for a long anti-war struggle, argues JOHN ROSS
ROGER McKENZIE says the ANC needs to respect South Africa’s Communists and their decision to stand independently at elections
KENNY MacASKILL remembers the woman who first translated The Communist Manifesto into English
The election offers a critical chance to shape the future of pay, care and community provision in Wales, says Unison’s JESS TURNER
As Scotland heads to the polls, the main parties offer variations on the same script, says MATT KERR
THERE are few threats as potentially dangerous for working people as “industry 4.0.”
Research suggests that 35 per cent of all UK jobs could be lost within the next two decades.
But, as well as eliminating entire occupations, automation will also create vast wealth. PriceWaterhouseCoopers estimates that artificial intelligence alone could add £232 billion to the UK economy by 2030.
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