Durham Miners’ Association chair STEPHEN GUY speaks to Ben Chacko about the Reform threat, what’s needed from Labour and why the Big Meeting will never lose its politics
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Killing millions of people is not a credible solution to anything
In order to avert nuclear war we must commit to meaningful diplomacy, co-operation and a common approach, argues TOM UNTERRAINER of CND
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Andy Burnham’s message of hope will defeat Reform if Labour delivers the New Deal for Working People in full, says JOANNE THOMAS
General Federation of Trade Unions president and bakers’ union general secretary, SARAH WOOLLEY, guides us through the GFTU’s Summer School happening this week at Quorn Grange Hotel
The government’s latest asylum proposals abandon labour movement values and fuel division by aping Reform UK, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Can Andy Burnham’s programme deliver a productive economy – or merely a softer version of capitalism, asks VINCE MILLS
IAN LAVERY MP warns that decades of neoliberal policies have left former industrial communities behind — but a renewed Labour commitment to working people could change the political landscape
THE risk of nuclear war is posed more sharply now than it has been for six decades. The trading of nuclear threats has shattered the “nuclear taboo.”
Leaders of nuclear-armed states have repeatedly proclaimed that a “nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought,” yet they seem unwilling to engage in serious efforts to reduce nuclear tensions. The situation is perilous.
President Vladimir Putin’s warnings of “consequences greater than any you have faced in history,” President Joe Biden’s warnings of “Armageddon” and public comments by Jake Sullivan, Biden’s national security adviser, that Russia would face “catastrophic consequences” in the event of nuclear use demonstrate the deadly state of affairs. Each of these comments amounts to a threat of megadeath.
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