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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It’s class struggle, not obsession over Labour’s next leader, that will build socialism
No individual or ‘left collective’ can withstand a sustained ruling-class war of annihilation – which is why we must gain strength by organising in our workplaces and communities, writes BILL GREENSHIELDS
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
ONE of the illusions peddled by every ruling class that’s ever existed is that politics is all about “strong leaders” and “great men.” Now and then they might grudgingly allow for a “great woman”…
But the capitalist class knows this is just window dressing. They know that power is class based — won (or lost) by the comparative level of determination, organisation and willingness of the contending classes to fight .
Their level of class consciousness is high. They dominate and control their party of choice, the Tory Party.
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