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CCP Statement on The Case Of Kit Klarenberg
It Is In Workers Interest To Defend Free Speech Last week, the independent journalist Kit Klarenberg, who has reported on many dirty secrets of the British government, was detained at Luton airport by “anti terrorist” police officers. They held him (though they did not arrest him) for five hours and confiscated all of his electronic
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Solidarity with ASLEF strikers!
Members in the train drivers’ union ASLEF are taking part in the second day of strike action this week as part of their long-running dispute over pay. The strikes are taking place in over a dozen train operating companies on Saturday 3rd June, including Avanti West Coast, which would have been bringing thousands of football
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A Sheathed Weapon
Why strike action isn’t being used to full effect A unionised workforce removing their labour is a very important weapon in a worker’s armoury. The vast majority of case work for union reps is damage limitation. A strike is a sword that can be unsheathed to great effect for the rights of a worker. If
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Warrington: Strike action at GXO as Unite rep sacked
Heavy Goods Vehicle drivers contracted to deliver supplies from City Plumbing and PTS at logistics firm GXO are taking indefinite strike action in support of their colleague Paul Roberts, a local representative for Unite who was dismissed on trumped up charges. The strike action will cause huge disruption to the supply of plumbing materials in
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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
“ A class cannot exist in society without in some degree manifesting a consciousness of itself as a group with common problems, interests and prospects”
– Harry Braverman
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