Unison director of organising KEVIN LUCAS explains the Organising to Win strategy, its successes to date and key tests on the union’s horizon
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Cold war rhetoric and the politics of empty gestures
We need dialogue with China – Britain’s shutting down of China Global Television Network is an attack on free speech, argues FIONA EDWARDS
DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR: Aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth scheduled to be deployed to the South China Sea
Young workers do want to get involved in Unison, and where that is enabled we see growth in workplace power, argue Unison North West Young Members co-chairs ZAIHERA CHAUDHRY and IAN CAULFIELD
British military spending is among the highest in the world, diverts scarce resources from far better causes and fuels international conflict. It’s time we made different choices, argues LIZ PAYNE
Trade unions, trades councils and community organisations must work together to build lasting solidarity and resistance to the far right, argues DREW GILCHRIST
Animal metaphors are testament to delight in the non-human world and what we hope and wish for human freedom, argue ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT"
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
ON February 4 Britain withdrew the broadcasting licence of China Global Television Network (CGTN) — China’s English-language TV channel — in an outrageous act of censorship which reveals that the West’s claim to be the global champion of “free of speech” is utterly hypocritical.
It should be understood that in shutting down CGTN’s operation, which employs hundreds of journalists and support staff in its London office, Britain is attempting to silence a real debate on China and deny the British people an opportunity to hear from a Chinese perspective.
This attempt to exclude voices from China within Britain’s public discussion should be vigorously opposed by all for those who value freedom of expression, regardless of their position on China itself.
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