There can be no argument after Rachel Reeves’ Spring budget statement, that the Starmer government has moved decisively in the direction of austerity, even if
Category: Trade Union Archive

By Steve McKenzie, Unite Community member At this precise moment in time Unite the union does not have a functioning National Executive Council, which is

Miners’ Strike 1984-5 – Weeks 48-53 Update
Throughout this 40th anniversary year of the miners’ strike, Left Horizons has published regular bulletins on important issues and developments that occurred during the strike

From Steve McKenzie, a Unite Community member Genuine trade unionism is militant, principled and determined action based on backbone, self-respect and a collective consciousness. It

The British labour movement today – and the challenges ahead
By Steve McKenzie – a Unite Community member. Marxists represent the interests of the working class, those who have nothing to exchange but their labour. Our

By Richard Mellor in California I have received a few sharp rebukes from some friends who think I am not taking the dangers of the

By Left Horizons supporters in PCS [Editorial Note: The Coalition for Change (CfC) has a slight majority on the NEC of the Public and Commercial

By Steve McKenzie (Unite Community member) The masterplan of the private healthcare industry is, and always has been, to turn the NHS into a US

Miners’ Strike 1984-5 – Weeks 42-47 Update
Throughout this 40th anniversary year of the miners’ strike, Left Horizons will publish regular bulletins on important issues and developments that occurred during the strike

My memories of the miners’ strike, forty years later
By Richard Mellor in California I owe John Throne, (Sean O’Torrain) a debt of gratitude for getting me on the bus at Wembley and sending