In the last of a three-part series, PHIL KATZ explains how unions are best placed to present a positive, pro-worker, pro-public services alternative to the narrative of division, deregulation and greed peddled by Farage’s party

David Nicholson speaks to new Plaid Cymru leader RHUN AP IORWERTH about his attitude to socialism, the unions, social partnership and, of course, Welsh independence

NIGEL FLANAGAN argues that despite the massive spike in strikes, workers must fight the long-term decline of the unions by building a ‘rank-and-file’ movement like that of the 1960s

RICHARD BURGON argues that the Tories are becoming more authoritarian as opposition to their reactionary policies grows

TONY BURKE explains how unions are progressing in the North American country

We must build a united front industrially and politically, with clear, relevant demands and a co-ordinated campaign to deliver them or the Tories will crush us, argues HELEN O’CONNOR

Unions, food banks and MPS are demanding a slash in energy bills, real pay raises, and taxes on the rich

However much working-class advance may be improved by policy and legislative changes, it is only militant trade union action that will secure maximum benefits for working people, argues LAURA PICAND

Putting our faith in this or that political leader is no strategy at all: in the face of poverty wages now and workers’ lives being put on the line during Covid, our only option is directly organising for class power ourselves, writes SHARON GRAHAM