Unison director of organising KEVIN LUCAS explains the Organising to Win strategy, its successes to date and key tests on the union’s horizon
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Today’s anti-war writers, activists and cultural figures must find their voices
JOHN PILGER on the coming war: Speak up. Now.
A US F-18 warplane on the 'world's largest warship,' the Gerald S Ford US aircraft carrier, stopping off in Portsmouth. The US and Britain are despatching naval forces to the China seas as the world edges towards war
Young workers do want to get involved in Unison, and where that is enabled we see growth in workplace power, argue Unison North West Young Members co-chairs ZAIHERA CHAUDHRY and IAN CAULFIELD
British military spending is among the highest in the world, diverts scarce resources from far better causes and fuels international conflict. It’s time we made different choices, argues LIZ PAYNE
Trade unions, trades councils and community organisations must work together to build lasting solidarity and resistance to the far right, argues DREW GILCHRIST
Animal metaphors are testament to delight in the non-human world and what we hope and wish for human freedom, argue ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT"
Economists estimate extreme poverty could be drastically reduced for a fraction of global defence spending, yet military budgets continue to expand year on year, says JON TRICKETT MP, ahead of the Stop the War International Conference on Saturday
IN 1935, the Congress of American Writers was held in New York City, followed by another two years later.
They called on “the hundreds of poets, novelists, dramatists, critics, short story writers and journalists” to discuss the “rapid crumbling of capitalism” and the beckoning of another war.
They were electric events which, according to one account, were attended by 3,500 members of the public with more than 1,000 turned away.
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