The Milburn review presents itself as a plan to help young people into work, but Dr DYLAN MURPHY argues it is laying the groundwork for a harsher benefits regime
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Uniting the trade union left
Groups in five unions are working together to build unity, write Alex Gordon (RMT Broad Left), Matt Gould (United Left in Unite), Libby Nolan & Andrea Egan (Time for Real Change in Unison), Lucy Coleman & Phil Clarke (NEU Left) Fran Heathcote & Martin Cavanagh (PCS Left Unity)
Campaigners from across the continent will gather in Brussels on June 14 to oppose Europe’s accelerating militarisation and cuts to public services, write MAGGIE SIMPSON and BOB ORAM of No Cold War Britain
National co-ordinator for General Strike 100, HENRY FOWLER, continues his nationwide tour of partner organisations by visiting the Modern Records Centre at Warwick University
GEOFF BOTTOMS recalls meeting Fidel Castro in the ’90s after joining a Pastors for Peace caravan to Cuba, and reflects on how international support is still vital to help the island withstand economic warfare
The Ivors Academy’s hike in entry fees could turn this respected peer-assessed event into an exclusive preserve for those wealthy enough to compete, warns BEN LUNN
Peter Murrell’s weakness for the allure of prestige goods is symptomatic of modern consumer culture, says MATT KERR
OVER the past year, Britain has been racked by a cost-of-living crisis which has seen working-class living standards plummet while profits go through the roof.
This is an economic crisis in which wealth is being directly transferred from the vast majority of the population to the super-rich — and the key to fighting back and protecting working-class communities is action on pay.
As socialists and trade unionists, we believe that militant, co-ordinated, union action is needed to protect workers in the workplace, to have a voice in society, and to push back against this rotten government’s plans for working people and for those that rely on public services.
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