Andy Burnham’s message of hope will defeat Reform if Labour delivers the New Deal for Working People in full, says JOANNE THOMAS
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RICHARD MAUNDERS recalls the Damascene conversion of Marine Corp Major General Smedley Darlington Butler's
The government’s latest asylum proposals abandon labour movement values and fuel division by aping Reform UK, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
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
We need a government that invests in saving lives not destroying them, argues SOPHIE BOLT
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
PAOLO SANTALUCIA reports on how an Italian region defies US pressure to end a Cuban doctors programme
"I served in all commissioned ranks from second lieutenant to major general.
"And during that period I spent most of my time being a high-class muscle man for big business, for Wall Street and for the bankers.
"In short, I was a racketeer for capitalism. I suspected I was just part of the racket all the time. Now I am sure of it."
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