Thurrock refuse workers voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action with a 90.7% yes vote in the industrial action ballot with a 73.5% turnout. The Unite the Union members are…
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The Peasants Revolt of 1381-82 was the very first time a large section of English people fought for the idea that 'all men are equal.' Trevor Osborne acknowledges the huge…
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Mick Hall argues that in a period of serious crisis, the debate between reform and revolution becomes even more important. The Guardian has a header today - "Labour Needs a…
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A cross-party, pro-developer alliance on the Planning Committee has voted to build 161 houses on a flood plain against the advice of planning officers and legal advisors. It exposes how…
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Punitive welfare regimes and the removal of support for disabled people under successive Labour and Conservative governments have resulted in a situation described by the UN as a 'human catastrophe'.…
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The Daily Mail has a long history of attacking the Labour Party, trade unions and oppressed minority groups. Mick Hall argues that it is a viciously reactionary rag that should…
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Mick Hall makes the case that addiction, trafficking and incarceration cause enormous harm. How much longer should Britain wait for a rational, evidence-based approach to drugs? In 1971 US president…
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In the early 1970s the Tory government tried to unleash war on the working class. Workers in Thurrock defied anti-union laws, took unofficial action and struck to support other workers.…
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Mick Hall examines the long-delayed investigation into abuses by 'spy cops'. Public inquiries are the way the ruling classes kick troublesome issues into the long grass until the heat has…
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By Cllr Martin Kerin, Grays Riverside Ward In spite of the international waves currently splashing over from across the Atlantic, it is important to remember that, on a day to day…
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