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The New Culture Wars: JDP Attacks Trans People to Prop Up Electoral Support

The recent spate of attacks on trans rights by Jackie Doyle-Price are part of a larger strategy by the Tories to stoke a culture war and provide a cover for…

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  • Posted on August 6, 2021
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Basildon march calls for 15% pay rise: “NHS workers feel undervalued and demoralised”

Photo: Gaz de Vere NHS staff and members of the public marched in Basildon on Saturday (July 3rd) to demand a fair pay rise denied last year by the Government…

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  • Posted on July 5, 2021
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Racism, colonialism and slavery: why ‘Empire’ must be ditched from the honours system

Why hasn’t the UKs system of honours been updated for the modern age? Mick Hall argues the honours system is troublingly complicit in a system built upon racial inequality. Photo: News18 Accepting an honour…

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  • Posted on June 18, 2021
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50 years of failure since the 1971 Misuse of Drugs Act was passed into law.

The prohibition of drugs has not stopped drug use. All the evidence points to a massive growth in the number of drug users. Mick Hall argues that drug laws are…

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  • Posted on May 28, 2021
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Blair is the career criminal who refuses to fade away

Nearly 20 years after launching an illegal war that killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians, Tony Blair is still advising despots, dictators and the Labour Right. Mick Hall argues…

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  • Posted on May 20, 2021
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Report: 100,000 protesters take to streets of London in support of Palestine

Israel's wanton, murderous bombing campaign in Gaza is being countered by a resurgent Palestine solidarity movement. Dara O Cogaidhin joined the protest in London to mark Nakba Day and reflects…

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  • Posted on May 17, 2021
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Decline of traditional farming: big profits, ruined lives and ecological destruction

Farm working in South Ockendon once provided opportunities to escape the deprivation of the capital. Mick Hall laments the manic drive toward profit that led to extreme ecological vandalism which…

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  • Posted on May 13, 2021
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Bobby Sands: Irish Freedom Fighter

Today marks the 40th anniversary of Bobby Sands' death on hunger strike. It was the culmination of a five year protest that began in 1976 when the British government ended…

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  • Posted on May 5, 2021
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Right to strike defended

In a week when Essex Police visited the bin workers' picket line at the behest of Thurrock Council, Mick Hall argues the nature of policing in Britain is inseparable from…

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  • Posted on April 29, 2021
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The bin strikes…and why it concerns us all

With the cost of living soaring and house prices spiralling in Thurrock, workers cannot afford a pay cut. Trevor Osborne argues we all have a stake in the bin strike…

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  • Posted on April 16, 2021
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