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Reindustrialisation Policy
The policy passed at last year’s TUC Conference backing the Government’s war drive is foolish and short-sighted At last year’s TUC conference (2022) the GMB Union and Prison Officers’ Association successfully moved a motion calling for the government to invest in re-industrialisation. There are some elements to this motion that any worker can agree with,…
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Class Struggle Update – 13th August 2023
In this latest Class Struggle Update, Jason looks at the Junior Doctors’ disputes in England and Scotland, Unite members at British Airways win a pay rise, Amazon’s fulfilment centre in Coventry gets shut down, Wilko goes into administration, scaffolders at Hinkley Point walk out on strike, NEU’s teachers dispute collapses in failure, and hospitality workers…
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The Failure of Trade Union Struggle
The National Education Union, Britain’s biggest teaching union, announced on 31st July that, following a consultation with its members, it would be accepting the 6.5% pay offer made by the Government through its proxy, the Schools Teachers’ Review Body. In so doing, the NEU brought to an end months of struggle and strikes by accepting…
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The Henderson Controversy
Woke branding , western exceptionalism, big money and a lad from Sunderland I was reluctant to write this article. I struggled to decide if it was worth opening that can of worms! Then I read an article by The Post, an online publication for the Merseyside region. This is normally a very good publication that…
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God Save the King?
The Queen is dead. Long Live the King!(Picture from LondonNews) With the death of Queen Elizabeth II, we have changed our national anthem from ‘God Save the Queen’ to ‘God Save the King’ with the ascension to the throne of the former Prince of Wales as King Charles III. The terminology of ‘God Save the…
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Class Struggle Update – 30th July 2023
In this update, Jason looks at the RMT rail strike, the ticket office closures are held off, at least for now, junior doctors announce more strike action and radiographers take strike action of their own, teachers are asked to accept a wretched pay deal, rank and file posties start to build something new, Amazon workers…
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The Banking Question
The furore over Nigel Farage and his recent challenging banking arrangements has been extremely revealing. In the space of little over a month, the boss of NatWest has been forced to resign and the BBC have issued a grovelling apology to Farage, and not only have we seen how pervasive liberal political activism has become…
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Class Struggle Update – 23rd July 2023
In this Class Struggle Update, Jason talks about the doctor’s strikes, trouble at St Mungo’s, but this time with Unite the Union, RMT strike and call off strikes, teachers look to rebel against their leaders, missile makers take strike action and writers and actors go on strike in America. Click on the photo to go…
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Ukraine – Nato War & Class War
The Ukraine topic has divided the British left for over a year now. If anyone subscribes to the mainstream media, they will have you believe that Ukraine is a liberal paradise which belongs in the EU, Ukrainian President Zelensky is an angel, and Russian President Putin is the devil incarnate, alongside anyone who sounds even…
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The Failure of the Royal Mail Dispute
The Communications Workers Union announced on Tuesday 11th July that its members had voted, with a majority of over 75%, to accept the ‘offer’ made to them by Royal Mail, and so ending a dispute that will serve as a lesson to every trade union activist in the movement on both the inherent limitations of…
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