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IAN LAVERY MP warns that decades of neoliberal policies have left former industrial communities behind — but a renewed Labour commitment to working people could change the political landscape
A new sound in the jazz galaxy
Chris Searle on Jazz
PAOLO SANTALUCIA reports on how an Italian region defies US pressure to end a Cuban doctors programme
HENRY FOWLER outlines the GFTU’s new 2026-27 education programme and argues that investing in trade union education is essential to building worker power, developing leaders and strengthening collective action
We need a government that invests in saving lives not destroying them, argues SOPHIE BOLT
More expensive by weight than gold, saffron is surprisingly simple to grow. MAT COWARD explains
The public inquiry is the result of more than a decade of determined campaigning. Now, those who fought for justice want the full story of government involvement and police conduct to be told, says KATE FLANNERY
The Durham Miners’ Gala is a celebration of working-class culture, but also a call to action — to rebuild workers’ collective strength, says KIM JOHNSON MP
Dorothy Ashby
The Jazz Harpist
(Fresh Sound)
DOROTHY ASHBY (1932-86) called one of her albums Hip Harp, and it wasn’t easy to encourage her very volatile instrument to become “hip.”
But she did it, and the proof is here in this marvellous reissue, a box set of three records which take in almost her complete recordings.
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