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Get involved in a revival of trade unionist values at the fourth annual With Banners Held High event on Sunday May 20, says organising chairman MARTYN RICHARDSON
PROUD: Martyn Richardson with a miners' banner
Campaigners from across the continent will gather in Brussels on June 14 to oppose Europe’s accelerating militarisation and cuts to public services, write MAGGIE SIMPSON and BOB ORAM of No Cold War Britain
National co-ordinator for General Strike 100, HENRY FOWLER, continues his nationwide tour of partner organisations by visiting the Modern Records Centre at Warwick University
GEOFF BOTTOMS recalls meeting Fidel Castro in the ’90s after joining a Pastors for Peace caravan to Cuba, and reflects on how international support is still vital to help the island withstand economic warfare
The Ivors Academy’s hike in entry fees could turn this respected peer-assessed event into an exclusive preserve for those wealthy enough to compete, warns BEN LUNN
Peter Murrell’s weakness for the allure of prestige goods is symptomatic of modern consumer culture, says MATT KERR
IN 1932, following a gap of over 20 years, the Yorkshire Mineworkers Association (YMWA) with some difficulty revived the Yorkshire Miners’ Gala demonstration which took place that year in Locke Park, Barnsley.
The organisation of this event was met with hostility from some coal owners who threatened workers with prosecution if they attended and also a degree of disinterest from a large number of YMWA branches from the offset.
This, I believe, was a symptom of the relentless struggle the country’s miners and broader working-class faced during the inter-war period against their capitalist rulers.
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