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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Front-line NHS staff deserve our gratitude, not abuse
TOM KING fears that, much as we might hope otherwise, the sad reality is that workers in our hard-pressed and short-staffed health service can expect some serious hostility as this pandemic sweeps the land
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
LAST Thursday evening, just like the week before, tens of thousands of people across Britain, from their front doors, windows and balconies, gave NHS and care workers a massive round of applause.
It was a nationwide celebration of the efforts being made, and the individual risks being taken, to treat the rapidly growing number of people suffering with, and dying from, Covid-19.
It was also a very public and uncharacteristic display of appreciation — “everyone was very touched,” said my mum, a practice nurse, when she got home the following day — for a health service whose workers need all the support they can get.
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