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Labour conference fails to deliver hope for change
By KD Tait KEIR STARMER spent his first conference as prime minister under pressure to offer tangible evidence of the party’s commitment to its election slogan of ‘change’. Rachel Reeves responded to demands for the government to set out a positive vision by putting on a grin and declaring there would be ‘no return to…
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Labour conference fails to deliver hope for change
By KD Tait KEIR STARMER spent his first conference as prime minister under pressure to offer tangible evidence of the party’s commitment to its election slogan of ‘change’. Rachel Reeves responded to demands for the government to set out a positive vision by putting on a grin and declaring there would be ‘no return to…
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Labour prepares to put working class on rations
Labour’s promise of change has been revealed to be change for the worse. The trade unions and communities need to prepare to fight back.
editorials
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Labour conference fails to deliver hope for change
By KD Tait KEIR STARMER spent his first conference as prime minister under pressure to offer tangible evidence of the party’s commitment to its election slogan of ‘change’. Rachel Reeves responded to demands for the government to set out a positive vision by putting on a grin and declaring there would be ‘no return to…
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Labour prepares to put working class on rations
Labour’s promise of change has been revealed to be change for the worse. The trade unions and communities need to prepare to fight back.
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Labour victory: now organise the resistance
Our task is to make our unions and social movements fight Labour’s coming attacks.
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industrial news
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Nurses reject Labour’s paltry 5.5% pay offer
Nurses have overwhelmingly rejected Labour’s pay offer. Now is the time to step up the action.
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TUC seeks to avoid fight over anti-union laws
The first TUC under a Labour government since 2009 is a chance to demand Labour restore workers’ rights.
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Public sector pay: 5% is not enough
The trade union leaders are preparing to show their ‘goodwill’ to the Labour government by accepting a below inflation pay offer, that will leave workers worse off
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Proposals for PSC Trade Union Conference
An open letter from rank and file trade unionists calling for a democratic, organising conference to build the movement
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NHS theatre nurses on strike demand safe staffing
Operating theatre nurses are on strike against plans to extend their hours, as part of Labour’s plan to run the NHS on overtime
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Workers take on Amazon
Amazon is spending vast sums trying to defeat a campaign for trade union recognition.
International news
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Hezbollah and Iran: the Palestinians’ reluctant friends
By Jeremy Dewar On 27 September Israel dropped 10 US made and supplied two-tonne ‘bunker buster’ bombs on Dahyeh, a suburb in southern Beirut and home to 700,000 civilians, killing 300, including Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah and the group’s southern commander Ali Karki. This follows Israel’s attack on Hezbollah’s communications systems by blowing up its…
anti racism and anti fascism
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Defend refugees against the far right
Labour’s policy towards asylum seekers is little different to the Tories.
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SUtR: outsourcing anti-racism on behalf of labour bureaucracy
The SWP limit Stand Up to Racism’s programme and tactics to what is acceptable to its reformist sponsors
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How Bristol saw off the far right
Thousands came out to protest against the far right in Bristol. One of the organisers explains how it happened
environment
reviews
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AWL gets it wrong on Portuguese revolution
A review of the AWL’s pamphlet on the 1974 Portuguese revolution
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British rule kneecapped
A review of Kneecap
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Review of Defiance: Fighting the Far Right
A review of documentary Defiance: Fighting the Far Right directed by Satiyesh Manoharajah, Channel 4 mini-series.
women & lgbt liberation
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Indian women mobilise to ‘reclaim the night’
Millions of women have organised protests and strikes after the rape and murder of Moumita Debnath
ireland updates
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British rule kneecapped
A review of Kneecap
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Racist riots spread to Belfast
Northern Ireland’s sectarian culture has proven fertile ground for the spread of racist bigotry towards Muslims
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The return of Stormont
The DUP have returned to power sharing. Who benefits?
working class history
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What if the bosses fight back? The lessons of the Chilean Popular Unity 1970–1973
The events of 1970-73 hold vital lessons for us in a new period of revolutions and military coups.
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Good Friday at 25: celebrations can’t mask failures
The GFA promised much but delivered little—except a breathing space for British imperialism
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1972: When dockers fought the law—and the dockers won
The 1972 dock strike has important lessons for today as we enter a new period of industrial struggle
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