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Let us realise the Gala's full potential
Today we show that solidarity is more than just a word — it has been at the centre of all the progress we have made towards a society based on justice and at the core of our resistance to one based on greed, writes GARY SMITH
Trade unionists march through London
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
Born on this day in 1931, the heroic revolutionary faces a dangerous new wave of White House aggression. We must treat his birthday as a rallying cry to resist the illegal siege of Cuba, writes ROGER McKENZIE
RAMZY BAROUD decries the rats of Gaza, the rodent and human type. Both abound as profiteering from tragedy reaches obscene levels
THE Durham Miners’ Gala is a unique celebration of all that really matters — but which is so often forgotten, scorned, or ignored — within our society. It stands for community, for action, for unity and for hope. It is a potent, living, symbol of working-class solidarity.
As we all know, this solidarity has been sorely tested and tried over four decades of neoliberal policies and over a decade of visceral, legalised, class hatred.
The political and industrial landscape of north-east England has been ripped up as the pit heads vanished under parklands and the “red wall” seats toppled due to the fatal weakening of the bonds of understanding and trust between MPs and the very people whose class interests they were supposed to represent.
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With 170,000 children living in poverty in north-east England and teachers leaving in droves over 20 per cent real-terms pay cuts since 2010, all while private companies siphon off billions, it is time to unite and fight for education, writes MATT WRACK
The Gala’s core message of working-class solidarity offers renewed hope and provides the antidote to the anti-worker policies of Reform UK, argues IAN LAVERY MP
The Big Meeting isn’t simply nostalgia, it’s a happy day and a day to show resistance. HEATHER WOOD explains why
Durham Miners’ Association general secretary ALAN MARDGHUM speaks to Ben Chacko ahead of Gala Day 2025