DAVE CALFE, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ trade union, writes exclusively for the Morning Star as the union’s five-day annual conference opens in Birmingham
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THERE are some universal truisms which appear to pertain wherever you may happen to be in the world. Sadly.
Politicians lie through their teeth, the rich will always do their damnedest to stay that way at the expense of others and “police contact” often proves fatal if you’re a young black man.
Events in Ferguson, Missouri, in recent days after cops gunned down unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown as he held his hands up in surrender have graphically borne this out.
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