TUC president and POA leader STEVE GILLAN speaks to Ben Chacko on the eve of Congress 2026
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Unions step in and mobilise Democratic vote for victory
With the Democratic Party and AFL-CIO organisations on the ground totally out of touch, the United Steelworkers union stepped in and successfully organised a Democratic win in Alabama’s senate election. MARK GRUENBERG reports
DOUG NICHOLLS welcomes a turning point at this year’s Congress, where many motions call for a co-ordinated plan to revive British industry, a perspective outlined in his new book
HOPE VIRGO of campaign Dump the Scales warns MPs voting today they should be alert to the threat legalised assisted death poses to people with eating disorders
The Together Alliance is hosting two summits, North and South, to build power and plan action against the scourge of racism peddled by the right. DANIEL KEBEDE urges mass participation
The drift toward militarisation in Europe is not inevitable, left-wing and peace movements can preserve sovereignty and prevent war, says DÁIRE HUGHES MP
Whatever differences exist among international sympathisers of the Bolivarian revolution about its current trajectory, they should unite against the imperialist power that is the source of an enforced retreat, argues ROGER D HARRIS
Trade unions need to step up and force a turn in the policies of the labour movement to effectively confront the far-right threat, argues NICK WRIGHT
DAN FLIPPO, the Birmingham-based United Steelworkers (USW) union district director for the Deep South, noticed something interesting when he looked at Republican US Senate nominee Roy Moore’s last run for statewide office, several years ago.
Moore barely won his state supreme court seat statewide. He also won Mobile, and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump won Mobile by 14 percentage points in 2016.
If we can reverse that result in Mobile, Flippo thought, we can beat Moore.
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