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IAN LAVERY MP warns that decades of neoliberal policies have left former industrial communities behind — but a renewed Labour commitment to working people could change the political landscape
Apathy isn’t just political, it’s psychological
The profound damage inflicted by corporate politics on British society’s well-being needs to be thoroughly understood if politics of change are to succeed, writes RABBIL SIKDAR
PAOLO SANTALUCIA reports on how an Italian region defies US pressure to end a Cuban doctors programme
HENRY FOWLER outlines the GFTU’s new 2026-27 education programme and argues that investing in trade union education is essential to building worker power, developing leaders and strengthening collective action
We need a government that invests in saving lives not destroying them, argues SOPHIE BOLT
More expensive by weight than gold, saffron is surprisingly simple to grow. MAT COWARD explains
The public inquiry is the result of more than a decade of determined campaigning. Now, those who fought for justice want the full story of government involvement and police conduct to be told, says KATE FLANNERY
The Durham Miners’ Gala is a celebration of working-class culture, but also a call to action — to rebuild workers’ collective strength, says KIM JOHNSON MP
During the morning rush hour in London, bleak and cold and grey, everyone rushes without a second’s thought for anything else other than the job they are enslaved to. There is a competition for space on the trains so no-one misses work they can’t afford to miss. No-one spares a second’s thought for the other person. The Tube during the morning rush hour is a metaphor for dog-eat-dog individualism.
Above the streaming masses of people absorbed in their work, the shadow of skyscrapers loom over people. Locked away in the high rooms are the kind of people insulated from the grey rain, inequality and poverty that envelops millions of ordinary people.
What does politics mean for these people? It’s plausible to imagine very little. Politics is spoken in a different language today, swayed by the lure of corporate ambitions and grounded in fear by that too.
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