Musicians go online to keep link to audiences
16 April 2020
Ingenious online schemes are keeping skills alive, encouraging others to join in, and raising morale in difficult times.
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Not another day under the EU thumb
16 April 2020
The government must not surrender to the siren song that Covid-19 has made Brexit impossible. On the contrary, the epidemic has made leaving the EU even more urgent.
Unison reps take responsibility to keep ambulance services running
14 April 2020
London’s ambulance service has been under heavy strain. But it has not buckled. Key to its resilience has been the acceptance of responsibility by the main trade union, Unison.
Bus support must protect workers and services, says RMT
5 April 2020
Transport union RMT has called on the government to ensure that its support for the regional bus industry during the coronavirus epidemic will be used to protect workers and maintain services.
The 1870 Education Act: the road to universal education
4 April 2020
The 1870 Education Act was a great step towards achieving universal education, a powerful force for workers’ emancipation.
Mortgaged to the hilt, universities look to cut jobs
4 April 2020
Britain’s universities are among those making workers redundant, as coronavirus exposes the extent to which higher education has mortgaged its future to the international markets.
Never again
3 April 2020
The people of Britain have had to face the Covid-19 epidemic with an emaciated NHS and an atrophied industrial infrastructure. So much for capitalism and the free market.
The people are turning to collectivism
2 April 2020
So collectivism is dead? In times of crises, it seems people know better than their leaders.
Fake news? They're having a laugh
2 April 2020
Looking for light relief in this grim situation? Then take a look at the latest publication from the European Union’s External Action Service.
Coronavirus forces farmers to turn to British workers
31 March 2020
In a marked change of attitude, the National Farmers Union has announced a new era of recruiting British workers for seasonal work.
Workers demand safety in Scotland
30 March 2020
Unions are rapidly reaching agreements to protect workers and maintain vital services in the face of the coronavirus epidemic.
The economics of crisis
29 March 2020
Yes, there is an economic crisis as well as the health and social crisis. But the politics of despair will get us nowhere. Instead, workers need to get to grips with the financial issues involved.