MARY DAVIS says the centrality of the Jewish community and the Communist Party to anti-fascism in the 1930s is too often overlooked on the left
Strike Map is joining the General Federation of Trade Unions
GAWAIN LITTLE, HENRY FOWLER and ROBERT POOLE announce a permanent home and a secure future for the innovative, worker-led resource
A 1936 confrontation with Mosley’s BUF became part of a wider international struggle, with local activists later joining the fight against fascism in the Spanish civil war. TONY FOX tells the story ahead of a 90th anniversary commemoration event
GEORGE WHITE explains why Unite’s Lancashire area activists committee believes co-ordinated recruitment in an area defined by particular kinds of employment and linked by a major transport artery could provide a model for organising the unorganised
Voters have delivered a stay of execution for Labour and exposed limits to Reform’s advance. But will Burnham offer a political alternative rather than just a different face at the top, asks ANDREW MURRAY
Calls for a Universal Basic Income are a red herring, argues the Full Marx editorial team — socialists should fight for Universal Basic Services
SEVIM DAGDELEN warns that Germany’s military resurgence and revival of old hostilities towards Russia have dangerous implications for Europe and beyond
OVER the last year, the trade union movement has engaged in the most significant programme of strike action for a generation.
At the same time, the latest figures show that 200,000 members were lost to the movement in 2022. Trade union density is at its lowest point for decades.
Even more worryingly, collective bargaining coverage, once at around 80 per cent, is now down to almost 20 per cent. We have gone from four in five working people being covered by a collective bargaining agreement, having the right to collectively negotiate better terms and conditions, to four in five workers having no such protection.
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Since 2023, Strike Map has evolved from digital mapping at a national level to organising ‘mega pickets’ — we believe that mass solidarity with localised disputes prepares the ground for future national action, writes HENRY FOWLER
This ‘Big Meet’ our focus is building the next ‘Megapicket,’ say HENRY FOWLER and GAWAIN LITTLE of the General Federation of Trade Unions