Economics, unions and work
Covering both the failing economic status quo and the growth of alternatives, we explore how privatisation, globalisation and tech capitalism are generating new forms of exploitation – always prioritising the voices of workers organising resistance, both in and beyond trade unions.
Covering both the failing economic status quo and the growth of alternatives, we explore how privatisation, globalisation and tech capitalism are generating new forms of exploitation – always prioritising the voices of workers organising resistance, both in and beyond trade unions.
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Rethinking racism
The left has forgotten our traditions of anti-racist analysis and organising. We must abandon liberal analyses, says Gargi Bhattacharyya, and see racism as an exercise of power
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Unions for Gaza
Palestine is a live issue in the trade union movement, writes Bernard Regan, with eighteen unions are affiliated to the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Here’s how they’re taking action – and you can support them
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Women’s day off: feminist strike action since 1975
Valgerður Pálmadóttir recalls the Icelandic women’s strike in 1975 and assesses its continuing relevance today
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General strike now?!
Matthew Lee asks what it would take to build a general strike today – and what impact the tactic might have
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Labour and the unions: a contentious alliance
David Howell traces union-Labour Party relations from the aftermath of the general strike, through shaping the 1945 government, tensions under Harold Wilson to Thatcher-era marginalisation
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Striking back: 1926-2026
One hundred years ago, workers downed tools in Britain’s first and only general strike. Red Pepper explores origins, memories and legacies of 1926
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The migrant genocide
Understanding the massacre of migrants making their way to the global north is a key moment of class struggle, argues Iker Suárez, and for halting Europe’s march towards fascism
