HENRY FOWLER, assistant general secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU), reports on Day 2 from the GFTU’s residential Summer School at the Workers’ Retreat, Quorn Grange Hotel
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The misery we face is a political choice
The cost of living is 'now the most important concern' for 76 per cent of people in the north-east, but even now the government is not changing its course of cuts and poverty — we must fight back, argues KATE OSBORNE MP
Worrisome parallels to the economic depression in the 1930s persist. Photo shows the Jarrow marchers passing through Lavendon on their way to protest in London.
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
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
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
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
The PM leaves office having squandered Labour’s electoral mandate and alienated its grassroots. He will not be missed, writes BRIAN LEISHMAN MP
THIS week inflation rose 9 per cent to a 40 year high — and working families and pensioners are paying the price. The cost-of-living crisis deepens week on week and is the biggest threat in a generation to the living standards of the working class in this country.
Yet this government offers no solution — instead their policies will cement inequality across our communities for generations.
Over the last 12 years of Tory rule, we have seen cuts to welfare and public services on top of rhetoric that demonises the poor, divide and rule being the go-to motto of this government, harking back to the idea of a “deserving and undeserving poor.” Just look at the recent rhetoric around hard-working families, people not being able to budget, people not knowing how to cook — anything to put the blame on people rather than accept any responsibility themselves.
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