By Dave Putson (Unite Community – Lewisham, Greenwich, Bexley) Norman Dodds was a Labour Member of Parliament from 1945 until his death in 1965, and
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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 Bexley Left, SE London Over the past week we’ve had to endure the unedifying spectacle of the Tory Party, which routinely stokes culture wars
For any objective observer of British politics, Michael Gove’s new definition of ‘extremism’ is only remarkable for the absence of any mention of his own
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 Maureen Wade Chair, Birmingham UNISON Retired Members Section March 8 marks International Working Women’s Day, and as it is the 40th anniversary of 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
Jeremy Hunt’s budget on Wednesday, as is usual for this government, was all smoke and mirrors. Pretending to help working-class people while doing the opposite,
By Michael Roberts Last week I attended a book launch at the London School of Economics on behalf of Liam Byrne, a Blairite Labour MP,
