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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White or red, wear your poppy with pride
PETER FROST opens a parcel and discoverers a bunch of flowers that need to be distributed to friends and comrades
(L to R) King George and Douglas ‘Butcher’ Haig; The Battle of the Somme, dead German soldiers in a captured German trench, near Ginchy. August 1916
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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
A BROWN paper envelope as well stuffed as a Premier League manager’s payola dropped on to my doormat last week. Sadly, my bung wasn’t full of dosh, but actually something far more meaningful.
This was my first sight of the new recyclable white memorial poppies being introduced this year by the Peace Pledge Union (PPU).
This year the PPU have a new white poppy design, developed in line with their non-violent principles and commitment to the environment.
The first memorial white poppies were originally made in 1933 by the Co-operative Women’s Guild. Today, true to its roots, the new design is made by a workers’ co-operative in the UK.
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