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Walter Tull – still not recognised one hundred years after his heroic death
PETER FROST remembers the first black professional footballer and the first black British Army officer to command white troops. He died one hundred years ago
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
I HAVE written before about Walter Tull, who was one of Britain’s first black professional footballers and a first world war hero — the first ever black officer to lead white British troops into battle.
He died exactly one hundred years ago this Sunday.
The one thing that has always puzzled me and many others is why Walter Tull has never been as well recognised as his many achievements deserve. Why did he never get the Military Cross he was nominated for twice and clearly so richly deserved?
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