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Thurrock bin workers set to take on rubbish employers

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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  • Posted on March 20, 2021
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Essex Arise: Wat Tyler and the Peasants’ Revolt

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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  • Posted on February 26, 2021
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Reform or Revolution?

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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  • Posted on February 23, 2021
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Little Thurrock Marshes exposes the dysfunction of planning in Thurrock

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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  • Posted on February 16, 2021
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Book Review – The War on Disabled People

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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  • Posted on February 10, 2021
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Starmer’s Daily Mail article sparks consternation

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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  • Posted on February 1, 2021
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Drug Legalisation? Time for a real debate

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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  • Posted on January 16, 2021
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A force to be reckoned with? Thurrock’s labour movement in the 1970s

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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  • Posted on November 27, 2020
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Spy cops public inquiry: does Starmer have questions to answer?

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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  • Posted on November 18, 2020
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Building Strong Ward Teams

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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  • Posted on November 8, 2020
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