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For Airline Workers, a Willingness to Strike Gets the Goods
WestJet pilots just secured a deal from the airline, averting a strike at the 11th hour. It’s a win that reinforces the truth that taking
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WestJet pilots just secured a deal from the airline, averting a strike at the 11th hour. It’s a win that reinforces the truth that taking
On the Royal Mail strike picket line in Whitechapel, east London, last August (Picture: Guy Smallman) The troubled deal between Royal Mail and CWU union
Organizing workplaces like Amazon with enormous turnover is a steep challenge. But workers there and elsewhere are experimenting with different tactics to unionize despite the
Republican lawmakers are refusing to raise the debt ceiling unless Democrats accept sweeping spending cuts and expanded work requirements on social programs — an agenda
For a century and a half, socialist movements in the United States have been dogged by the allegation that they fail to understand or properly
That the police have spent the past year cracking down on peaceful protestors while doing nothing to prevent discrimination scandals is proof that the force
The Department for Work and Pensions session at the PCS union annual conference in Brighton (Picture: PCS on Twitter) After six months of strikes, civil
The joys and pitfalls of degrowth communism – Gus Woody reviews an important new book on ecosocialism. Photos by Steve Eason, taken at XR’s The
In light of the failures of mainstream politics across the board, socialist writer Alex Niven wants to inject a sense of hope back into contemporary
In Germany, even radical left-wingers who long distrusted state power are today calling for more tanks and jets for Ukraine. Lacking alternative solutions to the
The Thatcher government’s Section 28 made it illegal for public bodies to ‘promote homosexuality’ – a policy that continues to detrimentally impact the lives of
Amid a brutal cost-of-living crisis after decades of austerity, popular support for progressive economic policy is the highest it’s been in years. Yet Keir Starmer’s
Food prices rise at the second highest rate seen for over 45 years (Picture: Alex Liivet) Official inflation figures are down—a bit—but still show huge
CCTV footage showed the police chase in Ely, Cardiff (Picture: BBC) A CCTV film shows the police lied again and again about how two teenagers
Flooding across northern Italy, including Venice, is now a regular occurrence (Picture: Roberto Trombetta) At least 15 people died and more than 36,000 were forced
Extinction Rebellion activists blocked Vauxhall bridge in central London for the climate last year (Picture: Extinction Rebellion UK/ Andrea Domeniconi) How can it be that
Australian historian Sheila Fitzpatrick has spent her career documenting the history of the USSR. She tells Jacobin about her latest project, which looks at the
Doctors on the University College London Hospital picket line, last month (Picture: Guy Smallman) Fresh strikes by junior doctors could reignite the NHS pay battle
The US workplace is a private dictatorship where bosses exercise extraordinary power and systematically union bust. “Salting,” or getting a job with the intent to
Don’t let the Democrats tell you Joe Biden’s hands are tied on the debt ceiling. If he really wanted to, he could use any number
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky Lies, deception and secrets are embedded in British imperialism. Armed British special forces have been secretly deployed to at least 19
Teachers in the NEU union on strike earlier in May (Picture: Guy Smallman) Teachers could soon be looking at an improved pay offer, according to
Policing minister Chris Philp, home secretary Suella Braverman, and prime minister Rishi Sunak (picture: Number 10/Flickr) Cracks in the Tory party are deepening. Home secretary
Leading the race, conservative Kyriakos Mitsotakis (Picture: Anne Sjöholm/valtioneuvoston kanslia) The conservative prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has won the Greek national election with almost 40.8
Protesters say refugees and migrants are welcome on UN anti-racism day (picture: Guy Smallman) Tory and Labour leaders might argue over migration, but they are
G7 leaders meet in Hiroshima, Japan (Picture: The White House/Flickr) The G7 summit of Western powers in, of all places, Hiroshima, Japan last weekend was
There is mounting evidence that corporate profiteering is playing a key role in the latest wave of inflation, with profit margins soaring while real wages
Although China now has an urban majority, the key to its development since 1949 lies in the vast countryside. Maoist land reform redistributed land on
Labour leader Keir Starmer doesn’t really want to save the NHS (Picture: Chatham House) Labour leader Keir Starmer took to the back of an Essex
California’s legislature is voting on a climate bill that would require companies — including fast-food giants like In-N-Out — to disclose the largely hidden indirect
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