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Thatcher’s anti-union laws have brought misery to workers by restricting their ability to fight. If Labour’s Employment Rights Bill fails to scrap them and empower working people, its efforts to change the workplace will be in vain.
The global movement to defend the Spanish Republic from fascism included scores of Salford people who volunteered in the International Brigades, raised funds and cared for refugees — a legacy that campaigners are hoping will be enshrined in a memorial.
The US and UK government have masked their deep complicity in Israel’s genocidal war behind soft criticism and empty pleas for restraint. And the mainstream media, on the whole, have bought it.
P&O Ferries believed they could get away with sacking 800 workers because politicians wouldn’t dare apply the law to them. In jumping to their defence this week, Keir Starmer proved them right.
Faced with the threat of mass redundancies, GKN automotive workers in Florence occupied their factory to save jobs and build green technology. Their actions can be an inspiration to British workers fighting similar fights.
At the International Court of Justice, South Africa spoke on behalf of the billions of people who oppose Israel’s genocide in Gaza — and put Western governments to shame for their deplorable complicity.
Labour’s new deal for workers agenda has infuriated a right-wing media who see the proposals as threatening a rebirth in trade union power — we have to seize this moment to make their fears become reality.
Once the natural home of LGBT+ activists, Labour’s latest policy shifts show that instead of challenging the right-wing media’s anti-trans frenzy, the party is joining in.
In 1994, the enactment of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) resulted in an uprising organised by the Zapatistas — the first proof that even in the era of globalisation, resistance is still possible.
The West’s failure to bring Israel to justice for its genocide in Gaza has emboldened it to attack Lebanon — and brought the region to the brink of all-out war.
Henry Kissinger’s time on earth was spent organising the slaughter of millions of people on behalf of the rich and powerful, whose respect for him transcended party loyalties. May he rot in hell.
As the veteran British visual artist celebrates a landmark Whitechapel Gallery retrospective, Peter Kennard speaks about his Tribune roots and the future of political art.
Today, Labour’s annual conference voted to scrap the proposals to cut winter fuel allowance. If Keir Starmer wants to stall his crashing popularity, he would be wise to listen to his members.
Keir Starmer has declared he is leading a ‘government of service’. But the party’s embrace of lobbyists at this year’s conference raises the question: whose interests is it serving?
In yesterday’s speech to Labour conference, Angela Rayner announced plans to ban ‘no fault’ evictions — but without rent controls, landlords will still be allowed to hike rents to force out tenants.