A major advertising campaign aimed at boosting voter turnout to stop the far right in this Thursday’s (23 May) European elections is being launched today (Monday 20 May) across towns and cities in…Read more…
Brexit: The WTO option would devastate jobs and tear up our rights
By Rosa Crawford First published by the TUC, May 16th Trading with the EU only on the WTO’s terms would have serious repercussions for the economy, public services and the Good Friday…Read more…
A STATEMENT BY ABDULLAH ÖCALAN’S LAWYERS
Asrin Law Office lawyers held a press conference today on the meeting Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan held with his lawyers on May 2. Lawyers Faik Özgür Erol, Newroz Uysal and Rezan Sarica…Read more…
Politcal prisoner Adullah Ocalan meets his lawyers
The Turkish-imprisoned political prisoner and founder and leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan, received a visit by his lawyers on May 2nd, for the first time since 2011, a…Read more…
John Mitchell – Former Sogat and GPMU National Officer
by Ann Field 11th April 2019 It is a great privilege to make this tribute to John, it has been drawn up with respect, with sadness and love by several of his old comrades as well as myself. The…Read more…
Brazil’s right-wing regime runs scared of Lula’s popularity
We need sustained campaign to secure an immediate release of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from prison Last year, on April 7th, former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was jailed for “indeterminate…Read more…
Big challenges require radical action
It’s time to get radical if we are to address the vast challenges facing Scotland and the rest of the UK.
Let’s start by understanding the scale of the problems facing us. In my New Year blog,…Read more…
A year since Rokhsana Fiaz elected was as Labour Party Candidate for Newham Mayoral Contest 2018
What a great picture. I believe taken after 3pm that day when the Labour Party informed Rokshana that she had been elected by Labour Party member in Newham to be our candidate in the Newham directly elected Mayoral elections on 2018.
Bizarrely, I was …Read more…
Keep Trump’s Hands Off Latin America
VSC E-UPDATE, MARCH 2019. ► Standing up to Trump and May’s interventions in – and hypocrisy on – Latin America ► 1. Help us get to 4,000 signatories our petition against…Read more…
West Ham Ward #Labourdoorstep with Lyn Brown MP 23 Feb 2019
Picture college from recent canvass session. Our MP, Lyn Brown was on one canvass team and our East London GLA Assembly member Unmesh Desai, the second. It was a really busy canvass session and I met many residents and picked up lots of casework a…Read more…
Honda: Stay In The UK #SaveHondaSwindon
To: Honda president and CEO Takahiro Hachigo Please see this important message and petition from Honda workers in Swindon, whose jobs are at risk. They need your support. Sign the petition here We…Read more…
Dave Prentis urges MPs to extend Article 50 notice period
‘Simply put, Parliament needs more time to avoid chaos,’ writes UNISON general secretary
The article Dave Prentis urges MPs to extend Article 50 notice period first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Labour’s Community Wealth Building Unit – new website
“With Tory austerity blighting our communities and forcing councils to cut and privatise many local services, there is an urgent need for Labour councils to come together to develop and share ways to bring services back in house, stimulate local econom…Read more…
Labour split is ‘terrible news’
Working people need a Labour government but split parties don’t win elections
The article Labour split is ‘terrible news’ first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Abdullah Öcalan – International Delegation Statement
AN URGENT APPEAL TO THE GOVERNEMENT OF TURKEY AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY Abdullah Öcalan’s unlawful and inhumane isolation must be ended immediately. Otherwise hundreds of people who are on…Read more…
Len McCluskey On Channel 4 News
Workers Uniting Statement On Venezuela
MPs Must Vote Down Theresa May’s Brexit Deal
Unite calls on MPs to vote down Theresa May’s Brexit deal tomorrow when it is brought to Parliament. The deal utterly fails to protect the jobs and working rights of our members. At best it offers us…Read more…
Jeremy Corbyn’s Speech On PMs Statement Today
Jeremy Corbyn MP, Leader of the Labour Party, responding to the Prime Minister’s statement on the Brexit deal in the House today, said: Mr Speaker, I would link to thank the Prime Minister for…Read more…
Contrast Between Germany & UK On Immigration Policy
As the UK Government and the right wing media (and sadly the BBC) have been ramping up an ‘immigration crisis’ it is worth contrasting this with what is happening in Germany following Merkel’s ‘open…Read more…