Assistant general secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions HENRY FOWLER reports on day 1 from the GFTU’s residential Summer School at Quorn Grange Hotel
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Rebecca Long Bailey's green socialist agenda
The struggle to tackle climate change is linked to improving living standards and transforming the way our economy works, writes MATT WILLGRESS
Strike Map co-founder HENRY FOWLER discusses the significance of today’s joint union letter to video game giant Rockstar, demanding trade union recognition for its workers. Their conversation highlights how our movement can harness its collective power to rebuild union power across the private sector
The PM leaves office having squandered Labour’s electoral mandate and alienated its grassroots. He will not be missed, writes BRIAN LEISHMAN MP
Durham Miners’ Association chair STEPHEN GUY speaks to Ben Chacko about the Reform threat, what’s needed from Labour and why the Big Meeting will never lose its politics
Poland’s anger over Ukraine’s celebration of the Nazi collaborationist UPA reflects more than historical grievance, says KENNY COYLE
Can Andy Burnham’s programme deliver a productive economy – or merely a softer version of capitalism, asks VINCE MILLS
HAVING been sad enough to have attended Labour conference for over 20 years, I can honestly say that Rebecca Long Bailey’s Tuesday speech was one of the most brilliant outlines of what socialist policies could mean in transforming people’s lives I have heard here, or anywhere else.
She articulately critiqued Boris Johnson’s approach on both the economy and tackling climate chaos, and spelled out clearly how they are totally linked.
Hitting the nail on the head, she argued that “these are the very people who loaded the costs of the bankers’ crisis onto the backs of the poor. So be under no illusion, it will be the poor and the vulnerable who are forced to shoulder the human and economic price of climate breakdown.”
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