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THE last surviving member of the Pentonville Five died on Wednesday, the Morning Star understands.
Bernie Steer, along with Vic Turner, Derek Watkins, Cornelius Clancy and Anthony Merrick, was arrested on a picket line in east London during the 1972 dock strikes and imprisoned for contempt of court.
The National Industrial Relations Court had issued an injunction barring picketing after the Midland Cold Storage Company put through an application.
The General Strike exposed the power of the working class — and the limits of its leadership, writes Dr DYLAN MURPHY
In part II of a serialisation of his new book, JOHN McINALLY explores how witch-hunting drives took hold in the Civil Service as the cold war emerged in the wake of WWII
KEVIN COURTNEY of Stand Up to Racism and JOHN PAGE of the Ella Baker School of Organising announce a joint project aiming to unite trade unions and social movements in creating new narratives to fight the divisive rhetoric of the far right