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
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It's time to take back control of our water
A ban on use of hosepipes is to be introduced in North West England. We’ve been here before, writes Morning Star Northern Reporter PETER LAZENBY
Jeremy Corbyn signs up to the Take Back the Tap campaign at GMB conference this year
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As Unison launches its Year of Women Workers, ANNIE COGAN-THOMAS argues that stronger organisation and collective bargaining are essential to winning equality
Trade unions, trades councils and community organisations must work together to build lasting solidarity and resistance to the far right, argues DREW GILCHRIST
Recent violence in Belfast was not spontaneous — it was built on years of failure and political neglect, argues STIOFAN O NUALLAIN
As delegates meet in Brighton this week, Unison faces pressing questions about pay, organising, workers’ rights and political representation, explains ANDY CHAFFER
Andy Burnham’s growing stature has fuelled hopes of a Labour revival – but ALAN SIMPSON warns that Britain’s crisis runs far deeper than just its leadership and traces its roots to decades of financialised capitalism
IN THE the summer of 1995 a catastrophe struck West Yorkshire.
Quite simply, the county — with a population 2.2 million — ran out of water.
Yorkshire Water, the company which took over water supply in 1989 under Tory privatisation, gulped down huge profits while neglecting its supply network.
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