Economists estimate extreme poverty could be drastically reduced for a fraction of global defence spending, yet military budgets continue to expand year on year, says JON TRICKETT MP, ahead of the Stop the War International Conference on Saturday
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In National Curry Week, PETER FROST explains why he won’t be going out for 'an Indian' but he will be having a curry
As Unison launches its Year of Women Workers, ANNIE COGAN-THOMAS argues that stronger organisation and collective bargaining are essential to winning equality
Trade unions, trades councils and community organisations must work together to build lasting solidarity and resistance to the far right, argues DREW GILCHRIST
Recent violence in Belfast was not spontaneous — it was built on years of failure and political neglect, argues STIOFAN O NUALLAIN
As delegates meet in Brighton this week, Unison faces pressing questions about pay, organising, workers’ rights and political representation, explains ANDY CHAFFER
Andy Burnham’s growing stature has fuelled hopes of a Labour revival – but ALAN SIMPSON warns that Britain’s crisis runs far deeper than just its leadership and traces its roots to decades of financialised capitalism
IT IS National Curry Week. The first was held 22 years ago. Just about the time then Labour foreign secretary Robin Cook made an excellent speech explaining why immigration made such a valuable contribution to Britain and its way of life.
After Cook had dealt with the serious economic and societal advantages of immigration, he went on: “It isn’t just our economy that has been enriched by the arrival of new communities. Our lifestyles and cultural horizons have also been broadened in the process.”
Then came a soundbite that would be much more widely published than his wise views on socialism, post-imperialism or why he opposed the Iraq war or Israel’s illegal settlements.
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