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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Hardy winter crops that come in handy on a budget
MAT COWARD reviews some of the latest veg to try growing in the cold months
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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
WITH capitalism no longer capable even of putting eggs on supermarket shelves, gardening seed catalogues begin to move from the hobby category to that of survival equipment.
Real Seeds ( www.realseeds.co.uk) have got the idea. Their Low-Waged/Unwaged Seed Pack contains 10 packets of seed, costing £10 including postage. It’s designed for people who are struggling, or involved in growing food for those who are, and is subsidised by sales of the same pack at its full price of £21.
A vegetable which sustained many of our cottage-gardening ancestors, Cottager’s Kale, is unsurprisingly back in fashion, with Dobies ( www.dobies.co.uk; tel 0844 7364209), among others, adding it to their lists this year.
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