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The day Rhodesia was humiliated
Half a century ago, in a memorable gesture, a member of the Young Communist League tore down the flag of white Rhodesia from its High Commission building in central London. PETER FROST reminisces
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Andy Burnham’s message of hope will defeat Reform if Labour delivers the New Deal for Working People in full, says JOANNE THOMAS
General Federation of Trade Unions president and bakers’ union general secretary, SARAH WOOLLEY, guides us through the GFTU’s Summer School happening this week at Quorn Grange Hotel
The government’s latest asylum proposals abandon labour movement values and fuel division by aping Reform UK, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Can Andy Burnham’s programme deliver a productive economy – or merely a softer version of capitalism, asks VINCE MILLS
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
Just half a century ago white Rhodesians decided that, despite the fact they numbered less than 250,000 they had the God-given right to rule a country of nearly three million black Africans.
Rhodesia was named after Cecil Rhodes, the notorious British imperialist, businessman, mining magnate and politician based in British-ruled South Africa.
The British territory of Rhodesia in southern Africa had governed itself since 1923. The white population, some of British origin, some Dutch Boers, regarded it as an independent sovereign state.
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