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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Heroes in headscarves: Hull honours the women who risked all for safety at sea
PETER FROST fills in some details of a group of remarkable working-class heroines celebrated this week
A mural honouring Lillian Bilocca, the 'headscarf revolutionary'
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 WAS great to see the news this week that Hull had at last marked the home of headscarf hero Lillian Bilocca with a blue plaque.
I last wrote about Lillian Bilocca along with her three comrades Christine Jensen, Mary Denness and Yvonne Blenkinsop who became known as the “headscarf revolutionaries” when they campaigned relentlessly following the 1968 triple trawler tragedy when three Hull trawlers sank in winter storms, with the loss of 58 lives.
Hull was still suffering from winter storms this month with storm damage to both shops and the football stadium reported.
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