Dave Putson reviews this recent Left Horizons booklet by Steve McKenzie which is based on his long experience in the trades union movement. “Rebuilding Our
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By Mark Langabeer (Hastings and Rye Labour member) The Tory Leadership contest seems pretty irrelevant for most workers. However , the election does give an

Is there really a £22bn ‘black hole’?
Andy Ford, Warrington South CLP member BBC’s Radio 4 programme More Or Less focuses on, and often debunks, fake statistics, hence its title. It recently

Miners’ Strike 1984-5 – Weeks 25-29 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,

Keep Grangemouth Working campaign
By David Cartwright, Unite, Glasgow Retired Members’ Branch Since last November, a campaign has been underway to save oil refinery jobs at Grangemouth in Central

Editorial: Labour conference – Promises of “change” but implementing austerity
Thousands of Labour Party members will be in Liverpool over the next week, but what takes place will be less of a conference and more

The High Speed train – is it worth the cost?
TV review by Mark Langabeer, Hastings and Rye Labour member This week’s Panorama programme investigated the reasons behind the ballooning costs of HS2, the high-speed rail

Letter: Priorities for Activists
Letter from Steve McKenzie (Lewisham, Greenwich, Bexley Unite Community) There can be no doubt that the failures of the Labour government will pave the way

By John Pickard The most glaring omission of the Darzi review of NHS England is the extent to which the service is plundered for private

Letter from Mark Langabeer, Hastings and Rye Labour member The Labour Leadership must have some worries about the proposed cut in winter fuel allowance for