By Mike Kennard in Cambridgeshire The GMB does not have the reputation of being a militant union fighting to the death for its members, nor
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By Dave Putson On 26 March, I went, at short notice, to the lobby of the Royal Courts of Justice (RCJ), as this could be
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Miners’ Strike 1984-5 – Week three update
Throughout this 40-year anniversary of the miners’ strike, Left Horizons will publish regular updates on how the strike developed around the country, as it happened,
By William F Warde The recently announced elections to the USDAW (Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers) national executive committee give a snapshot of
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Letter: The role of the trade union bureaucracy.
By Steve McKenzie (Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley Unite Community)[Photo Credit AP/Matt Dunham] In the Bulletin of the Left Opposition, November/December 1929, Leon Trotsky wrote, “The
By Cain O’Mahony There has been shock amongst the political diaspora that senior Conservatives – a former Prime Minister, a Vice-Chair of the party, a
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The Miners’ Strike of 1984-5: a heroic struggle – a bitter defeat.
Ray Goodspeed provides an overview which sets the scene for the strike that became a defining experience for a generation of socialists and trade unionists.
Andy Ford (Warrington South Labour member) continues his occasional series on the Soviet military WW2 history. [Featured photo credit can be seen here] The Battle
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French farmers’ protests – Small farmers trapped by the capitalist system
By Chloé S. (Communist Party of France (PCF) – from Seine Maritime). [This article has been taken from the French socialist website La Riposte and
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Socialist clarity or muddled compromise: CGT in France in 1935. The view of Trotsky – Part Two.
Part Two – Workers’ control, peasant farmers, the need for class struggle. This following text is the second part of a speech made to the
