Andy Ford (Warrington South Labour member) looks at the relationship between the Communist Party and the Labour Party in the 1920s. Part one deals with
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Letter from Mark Langabeer, member of Hastings and Rye Labour Party. I’ve been informed by reliable sources that the newspaper, Socialist Appeal (SA), has changed
By Mark Langabeer – Member of Hastings & Rye Labour Party As has been widely reported, Frank Hester, who has donated £10 million to Tory
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
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
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
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
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.