Paul Nowak: ‘Unions will stand firm in our defence of the right to strike for every worker’
‘The right to strike is a fundamental British freedom. Strikes are what won workers the 8-hour working day and equal pay for women.’
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Why do the right hate everything that’s good about Britain?
Not content with taking us out of Europe, the anti-EU right-wing forces in Britain have set their sights on some of our most cherished institutions.
The right-wing takeover of Britain’s media
With a handful of Conservative-supporting billionaires controlling most of the country’s national newspaper industry, the BBC in the firing line of the Tory right, the arrival of two openly reactionary broadcasters, and the launch of more right-wing populist news websites, Britain’s media is shifting further to the right.
Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
A roundup of news on the left…
Here’s why the government’s anti-strike legislation will fail
‘In fast-tracking the Bill, the beleaguered Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is resuscitating the ghost of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’
The hypocrisy of the Conservative libertarians and their media minions
Recent UK Tory governments’ relentless posturing as freedom champions while slowly chipping away at civil liberties through draconian legislation, bears worrying resemblance to the actions of the global right.
Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
A roundup of news on the left…
‘Capitalising on crisis’: right-wing’s bid to undermine public faith in NHS
The right-wing media’s multi-facetted attacks on the NHS, which range from pinning the crisis on ‘woke non-jobs’ to sickening trashing of GPs, would be enough to fill a library.
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Lancaster University urged to cut ties with UK arms trade
“Solidarity with striking staff, and solidarity with Yemen and Palestine!”
6 crazy ideas from US right-wing that influence UK politics
From voter suppression to abortion rights, we take a look at some of the craziest and dangerous ideas from the American right that are gaining worrying traction in Britain.