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Unite against Tommy Robinson and the far right
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The electoral cost of Labour’s stance on Gaza is impossible to ignore – the new leadership must take heed, argues PETER LEARY
After the dismissal of union representatives and years of precarious working conditions, Kimpton Clocktower workers are drawing a line, writes THOMAS BELL
Burnham’s Makerfield triumph offers the party the opportunity to reconnect with working people, but only if it rejects business as usual, says CAROL MOCHAN MSP
KIERA MARSHALL says there is a gulf between the privileged circles in which most politicians move and the lives of working-class youth in left-behind estates – and as a newly elected Senedd member she’s determined to do something about it
We are witnessing an alarming growth in the threat posed by the far right in Britain.
The release of ex English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson on bail and the attack by fascists on the Bookmarks bookshop show we have reached a critical moment in British politics.
The far right are organising on an unprecedented scale, both nationally and internationally. They are receiving political and financial support from the US Alt-right, including Trump’s former chief of staff Steve Bannon and other far right figures across Europe.
They are increasingly confident and aggressive and we have to stop them now.
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