Green Party deputy leader MOTHIN ALI, who will speak at the International Anti-War Conference in London on June 20, says Britain needs to rethink its priorities – and its allies
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Blacklisted by the state?
If 'all special branches' of the security forces were complicit in this appalling violation of human rights we need to act to ensure it never happens again. MICHAEL MEACHER takes a look at how
From Global Counsel to Arden, SOLOMON HUGHES finds firms linked to discredited politicians are still calling the shots in Britain
KEVIN COURTNEY explains why Reform UK is no friend to workers or trade unions, but just another party of the super-rich
EMMA DENT COAD explains why she is stepping down from the council after 20 years and how the legacy of the fire still haunts the area
While international attention focuses on ceasefire frameworks, Israel is openly advancing plans for a permanent expansion of its control over Gaza, writes RAMZY BAROUD
Researchers PAUL HOLDEN and JESSICA MURRAY are calling for whistleblowers and documentary records to uncover how Labour Together helped build the parliamentary majority that now dominates the Labour Party
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has revealed that a Scotland Yard inquiry into police collusion found it "likely that all special branches were involved in providing information" that deprived workers of employment - helping to draw up blacklists.
This is dynamite. It is known that over 3,200 workers were blacklisted by up to 44 construction companies between 1993 and 2009. Many of the offending firms were household names like Balfour Beatty, McAlpine, Carillion and Costain.
The victims were consequently kept out of work, sometimes for decades.
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