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
‘Sex work’ a normal job? REALLY?
Why would trade unionists wish to create a world where jobcentres send young women down the brothel, asks ANNA FISHER of campaign group Nordic Model Now!
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PAOLO SANTALUCIA reports on how an Italian region defies US pressure to end a Cuban doctors programme
HENRY FOWLER outlines the GFTU’s new 2026-27 education programme and argues that investing in trade union education is essential to building worker power, developing leaders and strengthening collective action
We need a government that invests in saving lives not destroying them, argues SOPHIE BOLT
More expensive by weight than gold, saffron is surprisingly simple to grow. MAT COWARD explains
The public inquiry is the result of more than a decade of determined campaigning. Now, those who fought for justice want the full story of government involvement and police conduct to be told, says KATE FLANNERY
The Durham Miners’ Gala is a celebration of working-class culture, but also a call to action — to rebuild workers’ collective strength, says KIM JOHNSON MP
IT’S fashionable in left-wing circles to claim that “sex work is real work” and that anyone who dares to suggest otherwise is right wing, fascist even.
If “sex work” is a real job, the trope goes, then full decriminalisation of the sex industry is the answer.
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