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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A spidery kinda month
PETER FROST researches around the world of eight-legged arachnids on the web and introduces a working-class hero
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
AT THIS time of year it always seems as if the spiders all come out to play and spin their webs.
The UK is home to over 750 million spiders spanning more than 650 different species. That means there are a dozen spiders for every human being in Britain.
Spiders are not insects — they are arachnids with eight legs, and almost all spider species have fangs from which they can inject venom.
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