Democracy & State > Trade unions
Anarchist origins of the 'general strike' slogan
17 Mar 2011
We set up this debate in response to widespread calls from the Trotskyist left for the TUC to call a general strike against the cuts. This is Mike Macnair's opening
Bigger battles ahead
03 Dec 2015
James Linney analyses the junior doctor contract dispute
Final act of class vindictiveness
22 Oct 2015
The Tories are presiding over the decimation of not just the steel industry, writes David Douglass
Sad degeneration
13 Aug 2015
What does Arthur think about backing Yvette? Dave Douglass reports
Confusion, contradiction and irony
23 Jul 2015
South African socialist Terry Bell comments on the divisions within Cosatu
Two congresses and a rigged victory
16 Jul 2015
Peter Manson examines the bureaucratic manoeuvring of the SACP
Loyalists defend whitewash
02 Jul 2015
Peter Manson reports on the willingness of ‘official communists’ to excuse the slaughter of workers
Forget police violence
18 Jun 2015
Too late to worry about all that, says the IPCC. David Douglass looks at its conclusions on the Battle of Orgreave
Misreaders and misleaders
28 May 2015
With ideas of paying everyone an unconditional basic income gaining some credence on the left, Chris Gray looks at the inter-war social credit movement
Loyalists ready to walk
28 May 2015
With Marikana about to dominate the headlines once more, Peter Manson reports on the ongoing Cosatu crisis
Yellow union given the boot
21 May 2015
Car workers say, ‘Enough is enough’. Esen Uslu reports on the mood of optimism
Contradictions laid bare
23 Apr 2015
There are two sides to South Africa’s ‘vibrant emerging market economy’. Peter Manson points to the underlying causes of the xenophobia
Lessons of the Great Strike
09 Apr 2015
Recognising the nature of the defeat at the end of the Miners' Strike was hard for the left, argues Mark Fischer
Split that need not have happened
09 Apr 2015
The criminal actions of the South African Communist Party have severely weakened Cosatu, writes Peter Manson
Impervious to lessons
02 Apr 2015
Familiar bureaucratic maneuvering brought an end to the Miner's Strike, writes Mark Fischer
How could we have won?
19 Mar 2015
Former NUM South Wales area executive member Ian Isaac looks back to the miners’ Great Strike