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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Building an economic alternative during Covid-19
Our movement must use the pandemic to unite around a clear set of demands that protect public health and advance an alternative economic vision that puts working people before private profit once and for all, writes HELEN O'CONNOR
Staff preparing bays at the NHS Nightingale North East hospital in Sunderland
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
IT IS clear that the government strategy to prevent the transmission of Covid-19 is at best not working and at worst seriously compromised by the interests of big business.
It should be of concern to all that there are open and public admissions that this Tory government is ignoring scientists. In the meantime, a new language has been invented to try to convince the public that the government is doing a good job, as ineffective, partial lockdowns in which most public venues remain open are graded into “tiers” — and it would be easier for the public to visit the moon than benefit from “operation moonshot.”
Billions are being wasted on a failing test, track and trace system. Some £12 billion has already been handed over to these companies, some consultants are on over £6,000 a day.
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