The greatest threat to democracy may no longer come from political parties but from unelected tech oligarchs like Peter Thiel and his powerful Silicon Valley network, argues JOHN GREEN
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We embody the spirit of resistance and the gleam of an alternative
The challenge before us is clear — to deliver on the hopes we have sparked, the expectations we have aroused, says LEN McCLUSKEY
Len McCluskey serves ice cream during the Labour Live event at White Hart Lane Recreation Ground last month
Today’s interconnected conflicts are enriching the arms industry while pushing the entire world towards permanent militarisation, argues ROGER McKENZIE
by Nana Backland, Merseyside Morning Star Readers & Supporters Group
The government’s Pip review looks like a carefully managed exercise in legitimising future cuts to disability support, argues Dr DYLAN MURPHY
The Tories introduced the 50% strike ballot threshold to make industrial action harder. MATT WRACK argues that a Labour government has no justification for leaving it on the statute book
UNITE’S policy conference is the most important single week in our union’s calendar. It’s the moment when we come together from all parts of our union to shape policy and chart our course for the future.
We come to Brighton in good heart. Yes, we’re vilified in the mass media, particularly me as general secretary, but that’s because the elite in this country are worried. They have good cause to be.
Whether in the workplace, in the wider community and the world, in the political setting Unite embodies the spirit of resistance to the status quo and the gleam of an alternative.
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