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Economics, unions and work

As privatisation, globalisation and tech capitalism generate new forms of exploitation, we cover the failing economic status quo, the growth of alternatives, and the voices of workers organising resistance

As privatisation, globalisation and tech capitalism generate new forms of exploitation, we cover the failing economic status quo, the growth of alternatives, and the voices of workers organising resistance

  • Two men – Raúl Castro, Marco Rubio – in front of a 1962 map, against a red background

    Cuba stands firm

    Cuba continues to show the world an alternative mode of development even in the face of US regime change, argues Helen Yaffe

  • Four plastic miniature workers depicted as working on top of a circuit board

    Behind the ‘intelligent’ chatbot

    Angela Chukunzira, Tyler Finken and Finn Jetses highlight multinational resistance to AI’s social and ecological impact

  • Archive b&w image of strikers in a street, and covers of contemporary news bulletins

    Their hour of glory: Trades councils and the 1926 general strike

    Joe Redmayne reflects on the role of trades councils during the 1926 general strike

  • Illustration of a ballot box with votes turning into butterflies

    Elections 2026: The left’s future is local

    Candidates and campaigners debate alternative local offers to Labour and Reform, through future alliances and those already underway

  • People casting their votes at a polling station in Hackney, London

    Elections 2026: Think global, vote local

    Ahead of 7 May polling day, candidates and canvassers tell RPM what the left can achieve in local and devolved government

  • An illustration showing a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat – wearing a bow-tie that says: 'EDI Training'

    Rethinking racism

    Racism is an exercise of power, says Gargi Bhattacharyya. We must abandon liberal analyses and revive anti-racist organising traditions

  • A creative mosaic of fragmented images, with colours of Palestine and a woman wearing a keffiyeh visible

    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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