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We need a gloves-off battle for material gains for workers
The fight against cuts and privatisation must be at the centre of a real-world agenda that speaks to working-class people's day-to-day needs, writes HELEN O’CONNOR
CHRISTOPHE DOMEC speaks to the France Insoumise politician facing constant persecution from French authorities
It can be hard to discern conspiracy theory from reality and under the Trump regime the two might just be the same thing, writes Linda Pentz Gunter
ALAN SIMPSON says responses to the Golders Green attacks risk deepening divides across our country
Capturing the general strikes history is a vital part of our struggles today, posits HENRY FOWLER
On a tumultuous day in Welsh politics DAVID NICHOLSON looks at the key issues for progressives in Wales to grapple with the rise of the far right
DECADES of rampant profiteering and the advance of marketisation of the public sector has led to a lack of accountability and scrutiny which is causing working-class people to suffer and die.
We are left with less of the fruits of our labour as the quality of work deteriorates and pay and conditions fail to keep pace with inflation. The NHS and the public services we need are barely fit for purpose due to decades of cuts and privatisation and they are staffed by workers who are horribly mistreated as the executives and politicians cash in.
Privatisation, wherever it is happening in the public sector, is an unrestrained racket that the ruling class are allowing to proliferate even though it is breaking the services we need and leading to the exploitation of workers.
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