The new Employment Rights Act is a step forward, but restoring collective bargaining and union power remains essential to tackling insecurity, outsourcing and low pay, says PAUL WHITEHOUSE
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Lessons are still to be learned from Nato's war on Yugoslavia
On the eve of the 20th anniversary of Nato’s treacherous attack on Serbia, LIZ PAYNE outlines the hidden facts behind this, the first instance of new imperialist tactics that were to be replicated throughout the Middle East as she addresses the World Peace Council
VIVID MEMORY: (Above) The Tasmajdan Park memorial to the children killed by the Nato raids and (right) the Eternal Flame in Belgrade commemorating the victims of the Nato bombings
[Tasmajdan Park: Mister No/Creative Commons / Eternal Flame: Pinki/Creative Commons]
Trade unionists are mobilising to support Cuban workers and public services, amid escalating US pressure on the socialist island. RONAN OGILVY explains
The defence secretary’s resignation reveals not a split over principle but a dispute over pace of military spending, as Britain’s political Establishment unites behind deeper Nato commitments, argues NICK WRIGHT
The ceasefire may have halted the fighting for now, but years of economic warfare and recent military attacks have left millions of Iranians facing hardship and uncertainty, says Codir’s RUBEN BRETT
The struggle for Palestinian freedom has become a defining issue for everyone committed to justice, democracy and peace, says PETER LEARY ahead of the Stop the War International Conference on Saturday
Unison director of organising KEVIN LUCAS explains the Organising to Win strategy, its successes to date and key tests on the union’s horizon
The British Peace Assembly brings everyone gathered here greetings of solidarity and peace.
We thank the Belgrade Forum for a World of Equals and the World Peace Council for organising this most significant and timely conference commemorating the 20th anniversary (on March 24) of the start of the catastrophic Nato aggression, under the title “Lest we forget!”
We pay our respects to the many hundreds killed during the 78-day bombing campaign and to their families.
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