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Project Statement on PCS’s Ukraine Motion
The recent passing of a conference motion “In support of Ukraine” by the Public and Commercial Services Union, filled with utter distortions of reality, shows us yet again how far the leadership of the trade union movement has fallen and how much it is wedded to British imperialism. The motion is remarkable in how much…
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The Ely Riots
Kyrees and Harvey: Two Ely boys failed by South Wales Police If you’ve been watching the news recently, you will see the outpouring of condemnation of recent riots in Ely a district in Cardiff, Wales. What seems to have become a side note in this story is the fact that two young boys have died…
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Apologies to Pete Seeger
A Poem by Chris Haws Your clothes don’t go to the launderetteThere’s so many people you haven’t metBecause of your little boxes.Little box goes round and round,You can’t sleep without the sound. Little boxes know your place,Your gender, height, your age, your race.Little boxes from AmazonA little box with your face on (!)Little box comes…
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The Great “What If?”
“You should have voted for Corbyn” is a common refrain, especially online, these days. Many people when looking at the terrible “choices” likely to be on offer at the next general election rightly ask themselves the question “what if Corbyn won?” This question is particularly asked in relation to the election in 2017 where the…
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The Real Trade Union Barons
The British media, almost in totality, would have us believe that, when there are periods of class struggle the likes of which we are currently seeing in this country, poor downtrodden workers are being led by the nose and deprived of their wages by those who they like to coin as the ‘Trade Union Barons’.…
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The Folly of Rail Privatisation
For almost thirty years, passengers have suffered delays, cancellations and skyrocketing fares. But could British Rail make a comeback? The news that transport conglomerate FirstGroup would not be offered the opportunity to renew their franchise with the Department of Transport to operate the now infamous TransPennine Express rail service will come as little comfort, at…
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An introduction to trade unions
The Class Consciousness Project has produced a brief introduction to trade unions to help people who are new to the movement to become more engaged. Part one can be found here Part two can be found here
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Podcast Debut
We Talk About Why We Founded The Project And The Latest Union Struggles In the debut podcast from the Class Consciousness Project Jason, Rick, Terry, Chris & Alex sit down to discuss a range of subjects. We start off with introductions before moving to look at union leaderships capitulating in recent disputes, the role of…
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Why Liverpool Shouldn’t be Hosting Eurovision
Joanne Anderson, Mayor of Liverpool and Steve Rotherham, Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, are very much in favour of hosting Eurovision in our proud city. It will be good for the city, we often hear. However, Eurovision in Liverpool will only be good for those in the L1 postcode, that being the affluent…
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The Inexplicable Capitulation of the CWU
On Friday 21st April, the Communication Workers’ Union announced via social media that they had reached an agreement with Royal Mail in their long-running and bitter dispute over pay and terms and conditions. The agreement, which CWU bureaucrats will be trying to sell to their members, includes: The CWU published a document on 21st April…
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