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‘Count Me In’ – support the CWU’s defence of jobs and workers’ rights
ANDY KERR encourages readers to get behind BT workers facing compulsory redundancies and outsourcing of jobs
ANGUS REID explains the significance of Cuba’s egalitarian in letter and spirit Family Code and the pertinent lessons it holds for democracies anywhere in the world
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NICK WRIGHT considers how the isolation of Israel and a new film on the controversial Italian communist leader are creating new reference points for Italy’s left
CARLOS MARTINEZ says Cuba’s achievements in the face of a criminal blockade are startling, but the island’s future if the United States succeeds in crushing it looks bleak
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports that far-right MPs who mobbed the event organised by Hadash may have helped raise awareness of the brutality of the Israeli right
TODAY is CWU Count Me In Action Day, when our reps, activists and members from all over the UK will be standing up and telling BT “No to compulsory redundancies! No to downgrading of terms and conditions.”
Were it not for the awful circumstances of 2020, we would be marching, protesting and rallying in our thousands — but in the “new normal” of this period, the physical, face-to-face part of our campaign is limited.
However, there are still small teams of activists visiting BT yards, exchanges and equipment stores speaking to members on the front line and mobilising for the struggle — a struggle that affects every one of our 45,000 BT members.
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