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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
June 30: Bigger, better, more coordinated
07 Jul 2011
Rank and file pressure must be brought to bear not only within the unions, writes Michael Copestake, but on the Labour leadership too
London: Grounds for optimism
07 Jul 2011
Hopefully it will be a rather hot autumn, writes Ben Lewis
Milton Keynes: Important step forward
07 Jul 2011
Next time, coordinated strike action by millions, writes Dave Isaacson
Southampton: All in it together
07 Jul 2011
Callum Williamson witnessed an encouraging appetite to fight on
Plymouth: Bigger picture
07 Jul 2011
Daniel Trevenna saw a newly discovered radicalism and workers' solidarity
Take the battle into Labour
30 Jun 2011
Unions must reject the terms of debate established by government, media, and Labour opposition, argues Michael Copestake
Victory claimed as GMB rejects workfare
02 Jun 2011
What was a union's logo doing on a report recommending the privatisation of the employment and benefit service? Tony Greenstein reports
PCS conference: Don't rush, make sure we can win
12 May 2011
Dave Vincent calls for the ballot to be held later
Can the left win over the members?
05 May 2011
National executive candidate Dave Vincent looks forward to the conference of the civil service union
Push for anticuts candidates
21 Apr 2011
PCS executive candidate Dave Vincent explains the main issues in the union's elections
Mysteries and controversies
17 Mar 2011
David Douglass continues the debate about the miners' Great Strike
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
Tactics and the Great Strike
10 Mar 2011
Ian Isaac responds to David Douglass's review of his book, 'When we were miners'
The fear of unity
16 Dec 2010
Eager for ammunition, the SWP has delighted in the NSSN's looming split. James Turley reports
Tyneside bairn goes ghost dancing
09 Dec 2010
Tom Pickard reviews David Douglass's 'Ghost dancers: the miners' last generation part 3: Stardust and coaldust' Christiebooks, 2010, pp540, £12.95