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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Understanding what fascism is
Recognising the nature of fascism as a product of class society is essential if we are to combat it effectively, argues MATT WIDDOWSON
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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
THERE’S a post going around on social media which claims to list the “Warning Signs of Fascism.”
I believe that this is based on the work of political scientist Lawrence Britt, and includes such signs as increasing militarism, rampant sexism, anti-intellectualism and the suppression of the labour movement.
While this list is interesting, the warning signs listed are hardly unique to a fascist dictatorship and can be found in varying degrees in bourgeois democracies across the world.
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