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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The Disunited Kingdom – Radical federalism and the search for a new common-wealth
A new democratic settlement cannot replicate the old one. It must go beyond the fanciful claims of micronationalism and identity politics, says ALAN SIMPSON
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
DO NOT underestimate the scale of the democratic crisis facing Britain.
Don’t kid yourselves either that it isn’t going to get a lot, lot worse.
Brexit opened up wounds that will not easily heal. Mythical claims, wrapped up in sovereignty and identity politics, looked a lot different when viewed from the rotting mounds of fish that could not be exported from our “sovereign” lands.
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