A 1936 confrontation with Mosley’s BUF became part of a wider international struggle, with local activists later joining the fight against fascism in the Spanish civil war. TONY FOX tells the story ahead of a 90th anniversary commemoration event
Announcing the launch of Organise Now!
We need a permanent advisory service for people new to the union movement who want to organise their workplace, argue SARAH WOOLLEY, ROBERT POOLE, HENRY FOWLER and JAMIE WOODCOCK
UNITED WE STAND: Communication Workers Union (CWU) picket line at Royal Mail Whitechapel Delivery Office in east London - more than 100,000 workers are on picket lines outside delivery officers outside the country, August 31 2022
Voters have delivered a stay of execution for Labour and exposed limits to Reform’s advance. But will Burnham offer a political alternative rather than just a different face at the top, asks ANDREW MURRAY
SEVIM DAGDELEN warns that Germany’s military resurgence and revival of old hostilities towards Russia have dangerous implications for Europe and beyond
MATT KERR takes stock of a night of by-elections, where the long repeated warnings for Labour and the political class remain stubbornly unheeded
Trump Is Building a Legal and Military Architecture to Invade Latin America. SARA VIVACQUA reports
Despite forming most of Britain’s trade union membership, women continue to endure harassment, inequality and minimal support for their sex-based rights, warns VALERIE COULTAS
OVER the summer we have seen thousands of workers take to the picket lines to fight for decent pay, safe conditions and to fight for dignity. For once our TV screens have been filled with comrades such as Eddie Dempsey, Mick Lynch and Dave Ward telling journalists, in no uncertain terms, that the unions will stand up for the rights of their members and for workers across the country.
As “the summer of solidarity” draws to a close we head now towards an autumn of action. We are going to see even more strike action from rail workers, postal workers and communications workers — and we have got even more to come with firefighters, nurses and teachers being balloted too.
They are realising that Liz Truss doesn’t have any answers for them, Keir Starmer doesn’t have an answer for them either, and they are saying “We aren’t going to wait for Westminster any longer.”
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