Unison director of organising KEVIN LUCAS explains the Organising to Win strategy, its successes to date and key tests on the union’s horizon
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Intolerance of journalists continues to increase in Turkey
SARYA TUNC introduces the goodbye letter of persecuted journalist Ayse Duzkan as she prepares to start her prison sentence
A third of all jailed journalists in the world are imprisoned in Turkey as part of President Erdogan’s crackdown on opposition parties and dissent
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Young workers do want to get involved in Unison, and where that is enabled we see growth in workplace power, argue Unison North West Young Members co-chairs ZAIHERA CHAUDHRY and IAN CAULFIELD
British military spending is among the highest in the world, diverts scarce resources from far better causes and fuels international conflict. It’s time we made different choices, argues LIZ PAYNE
Trade unions, trades councils and community organisations must work together to build lasting solidarity and resistance to the far right, argues DREW GILCHRIST
Animal metaphors are testament to delight in the non-human world and what we hope and wish for human freedom, argue ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT"
Economists estimate extreme poverty could be drastically reduced for a fraction of global defence spending, yet military budgets continue to expand year on year, says JON TRICKETT MP, ahead of the Stop the War International Conference on Saturday
AROUND 180 journalists are currently in jail, a third of the world’s total, many on trumped-up terrorism charges. Five more journalists were handed jail terms totalling nine years and nine months last week as an appeal court confirmed the sentences in the Ozgur Gundem (Free Agenda) case.
In May 2016 the editor-in chief campaign was initiated, where journalists and writers would become the editor of the paper for a day as an act of solidarity against the pressure and investigations against Ozgur Gundem’s staff, and to defend freedom of the press.
At least 50 of the 56 who acted as editor-in-chief of Ozgur Gundem during the campaign, which lasted for around three months, were investigated, with 16 of them appearing in court.
The Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TIHV) president Sebnem Korur Fincanci, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) representative in Turkey Erol Onderoglu and Journalist Ahmet Nesin were arrested and jailed during the campaign.
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