LOUISE RAW talks to Sabby Dhalu, Kevin Courtney and Steve Wright about why we should all join next weekend’s march against the far right in London
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DAVE BANGS takes issue with Peter Barbers vision for a Hundred Mile City around London
DIANE ABBOTT says the socialist island has played an outsized role in the fight against racism worldwide — we must stand by it as Trump tries to choke it to death
GAWAIN LITTLE looks at the causes of the far-right resurgence and explains how the General Federation of Trade Unions is helping to combat it
As delegates from the north-east, Yorkshire & Humber meet this weekend in Durham, TUC regional secretary DAVE PIKE speaks to Ben Chacko about the challenges ahead
Prison Officers’ Association general secretary and TUC president STEVE GILLAN looks at what’s missing from the Employment Rights Act, and why we need further legislation
Militarism and war cannot be separated from ‘bread and butter issues,’ argues MICAELA TRACEY-RAMOS — opposing them is central to trade unionism
Architect Peter Barber’s concern to tackle housing need in London with a massive shift to social housing is heart-warming (Capital Ring Master, M Star October 21-22). His proposal for a Hundred Mile City round the edge of London, however, is a wet dream for every predatory developer.
While Barber ticks all the boxes with his call for respect for the green belt and his invective against “the morons who want London to sprawl into the countryside,” his dreams will encourage just that destruction.
Barber’s proposals overlook the fundamental character of capitalist development, which is not just unequal vertically, between classes, but is profoundly unequal geographically — overdeveloping some regions, states and continents while underdeveloping others.
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