Guest speaker Daniella Vega Sotelo, a member of the peasant farmer’s union FENSUAGRO, spoke of being a trade unionist in Colombia
The article Colombian trade unionist addresses young members first appeared on the UNISON National site.
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Guest speaker Daniella Vega Sotelo, a member of the peasant farmer’s union FENSUAGRO, spoke of being a trade unionist in Colombia
The article Colombian trade unionist addresses young members first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Every Friday here on UniteLIVE, we bring you all the latest heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus crisis. Here are this week’s latest. HEROES Union learning reps This week, Unite has joined a…Read more…
Unite has endorsed the nomination of a team of Cuban medics – known as the Henry Reeve Brigade – for the Nobel Peace Prize this year for their work in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic. The…Read more…
Speaking in support of a motion on Cuba and the US blockade, Unite delegate Jayne Taylor told Congress on Wednesday (September 11) of Unite’s proud history of solidarity with Cuba. …Read more…
A reminder that the Havana Glasgow Film Festival runs from today until Sunday 12 November.
The festival has a great selection of films and UNISON is associated with the screening of From Ghost Town to Havana at 7.15pm at the CCA, Glasgow, on Friday 10 November. Ghost Town to Havana is a heartbreaking, funny, and inspirational story about mentorship, life, love, murder, kids and baseball inRead more…
I’ve written before about the role of Trades Union Councils in promoting (or should that be
fomenting) working class and left political culture. Another example is taking place this weekend in…Read more…
UNISON has issued a statement criticising the Open University for banning students from Cuba.
The article Open University should not be closed to Cubans first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Cuban public service union leader challenges delegates to help build a better world for all
The article Trade unionists can ‘globalise solidarity and co-operation’ first appeared on the…Read more…
Download Ogg Ogg lite MP3 Torrent Intro (0:28) Swimming in the lake at 8 C/ 46 F The site will be moving and design changes to cyberunions.org and it will be more mobile friendly Steel plant in Germany and worker perspective with a more internationalist perspective Reminds of Capital Moves: The RCA story Passing of […]Read more…
Download Ogg Ogg lite MP3 Torrent Intro (0:28) Swimming in the lake at 8 C/ 46 F The site will be moving and design changes to cyberunions.org and it will be more mobile friendly Steel plant in Germany and worker perspective with a more internationalist perspective Reminds of Capital Moves: The RCA story Passing of […]Read more…
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Intro (0:28)
* Swimming in the lake at 8 C/ 46 F
* The site will be moving and design changes to cyberunions.org and it will be more mobile friendly
* Steel plant in Germany and worker perspective with a more internationalist perspective
* Reminds of Capital Moves: The RCA story
* Passing of Fidel and the end of an era
* Transition from Fidel to Trump… is it the end of Neoliberalism? Trump ‘Saving jobs in Indiana’
Main Topic (10:42)
* Threatening rise of fascism
* Giving out This Machine kills Fascists
* The big fight of identity and class politics
* Liberals have defended identity politics and occused people bringing up class as white privilege
* SDP and Communist parties fought each other and the splits let the right come to power, we need to make sure that does not happen again
* Jacobin magazine historical map of the left in the US (PDF)
* Highlighting The Guardian newspaper covering identity politics well but not showing up to a strike
* Identity politics alone seems simple to solve but it has potential for large repercussions, LGBTQ rights comng about in the US at least is great but not everyone is on board with it where class issue is missed.
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* Capitalists don’t care about LGBTQ but they will exploit the split of the working class
* Gains in identity politics is more commonly found in the upper class
* In the film “Pride” Gay and Lesbians support the miners
* Shows the struggle of breaking down divisions it will take us a long time but we will grow and become stronger
* Liberals stop blaming voters, instead blame the movements that failed
* We need to hold the line and defend identity politics but need to bring class into it
* The backlash is it left out half of the equation
* Socialist and revolutionary groups are seeing quite an uptick in membership and interest
* When did we ever have democracy
* Scotland shows great signs of positive changes in working class
* The wierdness factor is still there, president is not held to conflict of interest laws
* In a bizarre state of mind of want to know what happens but we are not a game of Sims
* Spent life fighting Neoliberalism and now it is like oh shit neoliberalism might be better
* Capitalist will they oddly be in a place of ‘saving us’ in certain parts i.e. capitalist supporting LGBTQ
* Keep in mind there are splits in capitalism too
* A wait and see that we don’t want to wait and see
* The passing of Fidel thinking back on the legacy of Fidel
Tech (39:30)
* Rebuilding the commons, things have changed since we started,Read more…
Download Ogg Ogg lite MP3 Torrent Intro (0:28) Swimming in the lake at 8 C/ 46 F The site will be moving and design changes to cyberunions.org and it will be more mobile friendly Steel plant in Germany and worker perspective with a more internationalist perspective Reminds of Capital Moves: The RCA story Passing of […]Read more…
The Second Havana Glasgow Film Festival has launched its new programme online this weekend. The festival has built on last years’ initial success extending its run from seven to ten days in November…Read more…
An historic ruling by the Court of Appeal has opened the door for Rene González to visit Britain despite twice being denied a visa last year by the Home Office. Gonzalez’s second invitation to…Read more…
Many people over the years have commented on the parallels between the cities of Glasgow and Havana. The enthusiasm for dance, music and film that envelopes both cities has been often referred to,…Read more…
Tonight many UNISON members and other trade unionists will attend the annual Candlelight Vigil for the Miami Five outside the US Embassy starting at 6pm. Speakers include a special guest from Cuba…Read more…