Assistant general secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions HENRY FOWLER reports on day 1 from the GFTU’s residential Summer School at Quorn Grange Hotel
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Community wealth-building must be central to our strategy
Unions must now combine the fightback against cuts with implementing a new, democratic economy directly – and, from Ayrshire and Preston, we already have the model, writes LAURA SMITH
The council has lent £150,000 to attempt to purchase Preston’s iconic venue the Ferret and place it into community ownership
Strike Map co-founder HENRY FOWLER discusses the significance of today’s joint union letter to video game giant Rockstar, demanding trade union recognition for its workers. Their conversation highlights how our movement can harness its collective power to rebuild union power across the private sector
The PM leaves office having squandered Labour’s electoral mandate and alienated its grassroots. He will not be missed, writes BRIAN LEISHMAN MP
Durham Miners’ Association chair STEPHEN GUY speaks to Ben Chacko about the Reform threat, what’s needed from Labour and why the Big Meeting will never lose its politics
Poland’s anger over Ukraine’s celebration of the Nazi collaborationist UPA reflects more than historical grievance, says KENNY COYLE
Can Andy Burnham’s programme deliver a productive economy – or merely a softer version of capitalism, asks VINCE MILLS
THERE is a fundamental failure, within the narrow parameters across the dominant political classes, to recognise that we live in very different economic times from when the last Labour government was in power.
Tragically, within that context, there is an abject political failure to develop the radical solutions required to tackle the intractable problems currently engulfing our people and our environment.
Rehashing the past simply will not cut through. Papering over the cracks has happened before. It does not cut it and the gaping wounds from previous half-baked solutions are today plain to see.
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