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
Challenge to Labour
16 Nov 1995
Arthur Scargill’s call for a Socialist Labour Party to challenge Blair’s party at the next election has struck a chord with thousands in our movement
“We’re British workers now - but we’ll fight like Turks”
09 Nov 1995
On Saturday, November 4, Mark Fischer spoke to a young striker on JJ’s picket line
Bitter dispute flares in North London
09 Nov 1995
Workers locked out, attacked by thugs
NUS attacks democracy
09 Nov 1995
Teachers’ union action sabotaged
09 Nov 1995
Smash Job Seekers Allowance
09 Nov 1995
Face of privatised healthcare
02 Nov 1995
TUC wide of the mark
02 Nov 1995
Smash all immigration controls
Merseyside fights backs
26 Oct 1995
Liverpool aflame
Aslef leader accused of corruption
26 Oct 1995
Howard attack, tip of the iceberg
26 Oct 1995
The Tories’ latest attack on asylum seekers and the tightening of immigration controls is another in the round of attacks on the whole of the working class. But the Labour Party is eagerly vying for a leading position in the chauvinist league. A united working class response is urgently needed. It is therefore important to examine the gains we have made since the last TUC ‘Unite against racism’ march
Left split in Unison election
19 Oct 1995
Knives are out for the public sector
19 Oct 1995
After the unions’ disgraceful climbdown in the healthworkers’ pay dispute, at last an event which the leaders can support with unbridled enthusiasm.