Andy Burnham’s message of hope will defeat Reform if Labour delivers the New Deal for Working People in full, says JOANNE THOMAS
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The music of our movement
Joe Hill was arrested and murdered on trumped-up charges 100 years ago. He is still inspiring us today, says PETER FROST
The government’s latest asylum proposals abandon labour movement values and fuel division by aping Reform UK, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
IAN LAVERY MP warns that decades of neoliberal policies have left former industrial communities behind — but a renewed Labour commitment to working people could change the political landscape
We need a government that invests in saving lives not destroying them, argues SOPHIE BOLT
HENRY FOWLER outlines the GFTU’s new 2026-27 education programme and argues that investing in trade union education is essential to building worker power, developing leaders and strengthening collective action
PAOLO SANTALUCIA reports on how an Italian region defies US pressure to end a Cuban doctors programme
It must be one of the best-known and most inspiring anthems of the international labour movement.
We all know I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night. It is still sung whenever and wherever workers are involved in struggle.
Even Labour leader Ed Miliband chose the song as one of his Desert Island Discs recently - although I'm sure Joe Hill would have hated Miliband's attempts to drive a wedge between trade unions and the Labour Party.
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