Israel continues to operate with impunity in what seems to be a brutal and protracted experiment, while much of the world looks on, says RAMZY BAROUD
‘It’s no coincidence the Tories are attacking unions now – it’s because we’re winning’
Unite general secretary SHARON GRAHAM speaks to Ben Chacko about winning on pay, challenging the bosses’ narrative on inflation and driving an agenda for change
“Of those 451 disputes we’ve won 81 per cent. You don’t win everything, that’s not life, but you’ve got to win more than you lose. We’ve won 81 per cent and put £200 million back into the pockets of workers. I’m waking up every morning, the reps are waking up every morning, the officers are waking up every morning thinking: ‘How can we win?’"
A new report by Amnesty International pulls no punches in highlighting the Labour government’s human rights violations of those on benefits, says Dr DYLAN MURPHY
With Reform UK surging and Labour determined not to offer anything different from the status quo, a clear opportunity opens for the left, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
A recent Immigration Summit heard from Lord Alf Dubs, who fled the Nazis to Britain as a child. JAYDEE SEAFORTH reports on his message that we need to increase public empathy with desperate people seeking asylum
By sticking together, working collectively and building the union, we can weather any uncertainty ahead, writes general secretary of Usdaw PADDY LILLIS
The announcement of a Women’s Justice Board should be cautiously welcomed, writes SABINA PRICE, but we need to see a recognition that our prison system is in crisis and disproportionately punishes some of the most vulnerable people in society
Cuba Solidarity Campaign secretary BERNARD REGAN says the inhuman blockade of Cuba not only continues, but the Donald Trump administration is ratcheting up aggression against both Havana and Latin America more widely
“WE’RE at a ‘which side are you on?’ moment for the labour movement. That’s not being bullish. That’s just reality.”
Unite leader Sharon Graham sees nothing new in Liz Truss’s attempts to attack public services to enrich the richest.
“It’s the policy they’ve been peddling, frankly, for at least the last 10,11 years. This trickle-down economics, rich get richer, poor get poorer — it’s not new. It’s just now on steroids.
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