While international actors discuss governance and reconstruction, Netanyahu has made it clear that Israel has no intention of ending its military occupation, says RAMZY BAROUD
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Tolpuddle and the task of trade unionism today
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NICK WRIGHT continues his series analysing the trends in European politics
We have the alternative economics, histories of our struggles and the confidence to change the world
General Federation of Trade Unions assistant general secretary HENRY FOWLER reports on the final day from the GFTU’s residential Summer School at the Workers’ Retreat, Quorn Grange Hotel
Capitalism has exploited — and polluted — our natural resources for too long, it’s time we treated our rivers as living beings, writes MIRIUM GAUNTLETT, LIAM SHAW and ROX MIDDLETON
Treating the Clacton by-election as a joke risks reinforcing the Reform leader’s claim to be the victim of an out-of-touch Establishment, argues JOHN McINALLY
MPs and others called for the urgent release of tortured Palestinian doctor, Hussam Abu Safiya, held hostage by Israel and reportedly near death, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
In 1834 six agricultural labourers were sentenced to seven years’ penal transportation to Australia. Their crime? Forming a trades union to defend their living standards.
Although trades unions or “friendly societies” were technically legal following the passing of the Combinations of Workmen Act 1825, their activity was strictly monitored.
A local landowner and magistrate James Frampton, having sought advice from the government, invoked an obscure law — the Unlawful Oaths Act 1797 — which prevented the swearing of secret oaths and had the men arrested.
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