The greatest threat to democracy may no longer come from political parties but from unelected tech oligarchs like Peter Thiel and his powerful Silicon Valley network, argues JOHN GREEN
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From Tolpuddle to today: the struggle for justice continues
Covid-19 has put food and agriculture workers at the heart of a national and international fight, says DIANA HOLLAND
Today’s interconnected conflicts are enriching the arms industry while pushing the entire world towards permanent militarisation, argues ROGER McKENZIE
by Nana Backland, Merseyside Morning Star Readers & Supporters Group
The government’s Pip review looks like a carefully managed exercise in legitimising future cuts to disability support, argues Dr DYLAN MURPHY
The Tories introduced the 50% strike ballot threshold to make industrial action harder. MATT WRACK argues that a Labour government has no justification for leaving it on the statute book
THIS weekend we pay tribute to both the agricultural workers who became the Tolpuddle Martyrs, and today’s agriculture, food production, processing and retail workers, many of whom are Unite members and proud to be recognised as key workers.
The important Thursday applause is, however, seriously undercut by the bitter reality of many working lives.
Low pay, long hours, dangerous work and exploitative employers still dominate working Britain at this time of global pandemic.
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In Unite I see the solidarity the Tolpuddle Martyrs stood for in today’s picket lines and workplaces
MATT ALLEN salutes the workers and reps who push back against bosses, win for members and make the Unite union what it is
In the FBU we are showing that when we’re prepared to fight, we can win — let’s deliver for future generations and defeat the far right, argues STEVE WRIGHT
STEVE GILLAN says working-class communities know that solidarity is not a slogan — it is a necessity