The basis for 20th-century social democracy in Britain is gone, argues ANDREW MURRAY – but there are measures a Burnham government could take that would break with neoliberalism
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The strike like you have never seen it
JOE GILL talks to the producer of a groundbreaking new documentary about the 1984-85 Miners’ Strike
TONY BURKE pays tribute to a dedicated trade unionist and true internationalist who helped organise workers from Britain to Bangladesh
NASUWT leader MATT WRACK says schools are crying out for serious investment — and there are other immediate changes a new prime minister could and should enact
Keir Starmer’s resignation speech seemed to be coming from a different universe, or maybe it was just a fanfaronade of falsehoods, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Starmer will be judged on his record, but it would be wrong to view him in isolation from the crisis of the British political establishment, says the COMMUNIST PARTY in its official statement on the PM’s resignation
Over 1,000 hostile US sanctions remain in place on Venezuela, while Britain continues its colonial theft of gold, writes MATT WILLGRESS
THIRTY years after Britain’s mining communities were convulsed by the Great Miners’ Strike, a new documentary about the year-long dispute will be premiered at the Sheffield Documentary Festival on June 7.
Still The Enemy Within is a true labour of love for producers Sinead Kirwan and Mark Lacey and director Owen Gower. Kirwan and Gower have a background in television production for major broadcasters, while Lacey has worked on a number of Oscar-nominated shorts and feature films, working with directors including Tim Burton.
In other words, the three come to the project with a wealth of experience and the ability to produce a beautifully made film.
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