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Gaza, unions, fascism & oppression

October 22, 2023

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(First published on Fin24 and in City Press, October 23, 2023) Get back to basics. It is a cry regularly heard within a globally weakening trade union movement. And this is usually spelled out as dealing with localised bureaucracy and corruption within the nation-state. But the true basis of trade unionism is internationalism, summed up […]

Some real costs in the EV revolution

October 1, 2023

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(First published on Fin24) There was international media coverage this week when President Joe Biden, megaphone in hand, stood on a picket line with striking car workers in Detroit.  Being the first US president to take such action warranted the coverage.  But the strike itself and the issues raised have lessons for workers everywhere. However, […]