The Milburn review presents itself as a plan to help young people into work, but Dr DYLAN MURPHY argues it is laying the groundwork for a harsher benefits regime
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Taking back what is rightfully ours
It’s outrageous that private rail companies are making huge profits at public expense while giving the public so little. No wonder Corbyn has rallied so much support, writes MICK WHELAN
Campaigners from across the continent will gather in Brussels on June 14 to oppose Europe’s accelerating militarisation and cuts to public services, write MAGGIE SIMPSON and BOB ORAM of No Cold War Britain
National co-ordinator for General Strike 100, HENRY FOWLER, continues his nationwide tour of partner organisations by visiting the Modern Records Centre at Warwick University
GEOFF BOTTOMS recalls meeting Fidel Castro in the ’90s after joining a Pastors for Peace caravan to Cuba, and reflects on how international support is still vital to help the island withstand economic warfare
The Ivors Academy’s hike in entry fees could turn this respected peer-assessed event into an exclusive preserve for those wealthy enough to compete, warns BEN LUNN
Peter Murrell’s weakness for the allure of prestige goods is symptomatic of modern consumer culture, says MATT KERR
THESE are exciting times for the Labour Party. That’s because we have a leader, Jeremy Corbyn, who believes in the core values and key aspirations of the Labour Party. He proposes to run on a platform at the general election in 2020 which will excite voters put off politics by the focus group-obsessed machinations of the New Labour years.
Jeremy, during the leadership campaign this summer, was a breath of fresh air. I introduced him as he launched his rail manifesto at King’s Cross and I spoke at a rally for Jeremy in Derby. “Jez we can! Jez we can!” chanted the Corbynistas.
And Jez we did. I saw how Jeremy got people excited about politics again who had previously been turned off by the Labour Party’s race to the middle ground — hence the enormous number of energised new members and supporters who have been flocking to join, or in some cases rejoin, the Labour Party.
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