HENRY FOWLER, assistant general secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU), reports on Day 2 from the GFTU’s residential Summer School at the Workers’ Retreat, Quorn Grange Hotel
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The last thing we need is a long war
There is no point in fantasising about a categorical defeat for Putin when even Zelensky has said that he isn't ready for Nato to use the Ukraine conflict to drain Russia — let's hope for a quick peace, writes ANDREW MURRAY
President Zelensky has now voiced concerns about Ukrainian lives being sacrificed to ‘exhaust’ Russia by some in Nato
Assistant general secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions HENRY FOWLER reports on day 1 from the GFTU’s residential Summer School at Quorn Grange Hotel
MPs and others called for the urgent release of tortured Palestinian doctor, Hussam Abu Safiya, held hostage by Israel and reportedly near death, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Strike Map co-founder HENRY FOWLER discusses the significance of today’s joint union letter to video game giant Rockstar, demanding trade union recognition for its workers. Their conversation highlights how our movement can harness its collective power to rebuild union power across the private sector
Capitalism has exploited — and polluted — our natural resources for too long, it’s time we treated our rivers as living beings, writes MIRIUM GAUNTLETT, LIAM SHAW and ROX MIDDLETON
The PM leaves office having squandered Labour’s electoral mandate and alienated its grassroots. He will not be missed, writes BRIAN LEISHMAN MP
TWO THINGS at least could be expected from the moment the Ukraine war began. First, there would be reports of atrocities committed by Russian troops. And second, that Putin’s apologists would seek to dismiss such accounts as a “false flag” operation.
The horrifying reports of the killing of civilians in Bucha and elsewhere are likely to prove true in essence, even if exaggerated in scope.
The fact is that all armies commit atrocities in wartime, particularly if they are operating in a hostile environment, as the Russian army clearly is. To assert, as the Russian Defence Ministry did, that “not a single civilian” had been harmed by its forces is absurd. It assumes that the Russian army is either uniquely decent or uniquely disciplined. There is little evidence for either proposition.
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