BEN CHACKO speaks with Knesset member OFER CASSIF about rising political violence, the prospects for peace and his continuous ‘silencing by suspension’
Now is the time for us all to hold true, against all the odds
We know we have come a long way and what we have achieved and are now ready for the struggle to ensure further progress argues DIANA HOLLAND
TOGETHERNESS: Unite members employed by Serco at Barts Health NHS Trust protest outside Serco’s presentation of financial results at JP Morgan, in London
The choice between two Blairites to revamp the tepid centrism of our ruling party doesn’t even come as cold comfort as we wander the city streets suffering from their third decade of austerity and the fifth of wage stagnation, writes MATT KERR
HENRY FOWLER puts the strike of public-sector workers in New Zealand in the wider context of deteriorating employment conditions throughout the world’s major economies
MAT COWARD looks back at a protest 105 years ago this month, whose reporting by the media bears uncomfortable similarities with demos today
The Tricontinental Institute for Social Research explores the factors that are bringing today’s highly educated but often underemployed young people out onto the streets, from Chile, to Algeria, to Nepal
The nation’s leading second-hand socialist bookseller that has been running strong for 33 years is changing hands and expanding its vision — now is the time to get involved, buy, donate and support, writes ANDREW MURRAY
This week, hundreds of Unite women, black & Asian ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBT+ delegates are coming together in Blackpool for the four Unite national equalities conferences.
These union reps who make such a difference in their workplaces, industries and communities are debating and agreeing Unite’s equality priorities.
Austerity cuts, EU exit negotiations, stress and pressure from automation and digitalisation, privatisation and subcontracting are all being viewed through a powerful equality lens and debates include experience from the workplace across 20 industrial sectors in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland as we set a positive agenda to “take action for equality now!”
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