A ‘new phase’ for Starmerism is fairly similar to the old phase – only worse. ANDREW MURRAY takes a look
Today we must honour the workers of the world
This May Day thousands of people across the globe will be wearing red to give our thanks to key workers, we hope you will all join us, write ROBERT POOLE and HENRY FOWLER
Macron is seeking a centrist replacement for the pro-austerity French PM, while the emergence of the grassroots Bloquons Tout movement means for the left there’s a period of struggle ahead – and all to play for, writes BILL GREENSHIELDS
The Met Police arrested a staggering 890 people, many elderly, disabled, and even blind in a single demonstration — all to back up the government’s unhinged campaign against non-violent civil disobedience at the behest of Israel, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
The people of Palestine need our solidarity in actions not words – trade unionists must give them our full support in their darkest hour, writes DANIEL KEBEDE
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
BEN CHACKO reports on fears at TUC Congress that the provisions in the legislation are liable to be watered down even further
TODAY is May Day. Today is our day. Today we wear red. We wear red for the key workers out there saving lives every day and we wear red for those who came before us and died for the rights and freedoms we take for granted.
We wear red for the future, too, for a new world that can be born from the ashes of the old.
Our response to coronavirus has clearly shown the importance of society working together in the common interest.
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Five years ago, on May Day 2020, as the initial shockwaves of the pandemic rippled through our society, #RedForKeyWorkers launched. To mark International Workers’ Day this year, the need to honour and fight for those who keep our society running is more urgent than ever, write ROBERT POOLE and HENRY FOWLER
With 7,000 strikes and counting, ROBERT POOLE and HENRY FOWLER, co-founders of Strike Map, look back on the last two years and forward to the year ahead
This week the Strike Map Team talk to a UCU striker from their picket line in north-west England
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