BEN CHACKO reports on fears at TUC Congress that the provisions in the legislation are liable to be watered down even further
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Economic growth v a liveable planet: which side are you on?
When the Tories scapegoated their opponents as the ‘anti-growth coalition,’ the left and workers’ movement fell over itself to say the opposite was the case, however IAN SINCLAIR warns we have known for decades infinite growth on a finite planet is not a realistic possibility
ANSWERS NEEDED: People take part in a climate protest in Dublin
CHRIS HOOFE calls for support for GMB’s Potters’ Pledge campaign, aimed at making sure the historic pottery industry based in Stoke-on-Trent is supported over cheap, low-quality imports and counterfeits
Investing the £75 billion slated for defence spending on a green new deal, healthcare and education would create jobs and help communities far more than weapons spending, argues UCU general secretary JO GRADY
Speaking to the Morning Star’s Ceren Sagir, general secretary of the National Union of Journalists LAURA DAVISON outlines the threats to journalism from Palestine to Britain, and the unique challenges confronting the industry through the rise of AI
We must organise broad-based counterprotests and celebratory local community events to rebuild class consciousness and challenge the far-right’s divisive lies, writes KEVIN COURTNEY, ahead of this Saturday’s big demo in London
Artists should not be consigned to a life of precarious working – they deserve dignity and proper workers’ rights, argues ZITA HOLBOURNE
“THERE is no final victory, as there is no final defeat. There is just the same battle to be fought, over and over again. So toughen up, bloody toughen up.”
My main takeaway from Tony Benn’s wise words is that each new generation of activists and progressives need to fight and win the important arguments again and again and again.
Take, for example, former prime minister Liz Truss telling the recent Tory Party conference that those who oppose her government are the “anti-growth coalition.”
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