Unison director of organising KEVIN LUCAS explains the Organising to Win strategy, its successes to date and key tests on the union’s horizon
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Five years on, Colombia’s liberal peace is not enough to overcome capitalist violence
CARLOS CRUZ MOSQUERA looks at the origin of the Colombian state and its desire for stability above all else, arguing that only by considering structural violence can we understand why peace has been so elusive
Soldiers stand guard as protesters march in an anti-government demonstration in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, May 5, 2021. The protests that have now claimed many lives and seen extreme state brutality unleashed, were initially sparked by tax reforms but have become a general rebellion against neoliberalism that continues to the present day
Young workers do want to get involved in Unison, and where that is enabled we see growth in workplace power, argue Unison North West Young Members co-chairs ZAIHERA CHAUDHRY and IAN CAULFIELD
British military spending is among the highest in the world, diverts scarce resources from far better causes and fuels international conflict. It’s time we made different choices, argues LIZ PAYNE
Trade unions, trades councils and community organisations must work together to build lasting solidarity and resistance to the far right, argues DREW GILCHRIST
Animal metaphors are testament to delight in the non-human world and what we hope and wish for human freedom, argue ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT"
Economists estimate extreme poverty could be drastically reduced for a fraction of global defence spending, yet military budgets continue to expand year on year, says JON TRICKETT MP, ahead of the Stop the War International Conference on Saturday
IT has been five years since Colombia’s government signed a historic peace agreement with Farc, the communist guerilla movement.
For most Colombians, however, the structural violence of the neoliberal capitalist model has only intensified and those who revolt against it continue to be legitimate military, paramilitary and police targets.
But it is not just the far-right extremists who are to blame for the failure of the peace agreement; liberal elites, with all their hope and will, were never about achieving peace but the pacification of society under a violent neocolonial and capitalist system.
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