This article appears in the current issue of Labour Research. To emphasize the importance of email, I used to tell unions that given the choice between a great website and a list of all members’…
Amnesty International in the UK is calling on people to write to the Foreign Minister urging Britain to support efforts to isolate and condemn Israel. They write: The UN-mandated International Independent Fact Finding Mission, headed…
The TUC was right to discuss international affairs at its annual congress. Unions have been involved in global solidarity actions for more than 150 years. In an increasingly globalised world, unions have to make their…
This article appears in the current issue of Labour Research. “It’s not enough for working people to feed our bodies with bread — we also have to nourish our hearts and spirits with art.” Those…
This article appeared in today’s Jewish Chronicle. If the TUC adopts the resolution proposed by the Fire Brigades Union, the implications are far-reaching. First and most important, it opens the way for the Labour Party,…
Von der antiamerikanischen Linken in Großbritannien war keine Solidarität mit der iranischen Protestbewegung zu erwarten; bei den Gewerkschaften sieht das anders aus.
The increasing diversity in the world of information and communications technology poses new challenges to trade unionists.
The following letter has been sent to the editor of Amnesty International’s magazine in the UK. Kristyan Benedict’s article on “10 Days in the West Bank” (Amnesty Magazine, July/August 2009) takes up three full pages…
War on Want is a respected UK charity which works to combat poverty and promote human rights around the world. Pluto Press is a respected left-wing publishing house which to its everlasting credit is the…
A few years ago, no one ever heard of a “smartphone”. A few years from now, every one of us will own one. This has implications for trade unions which we’re not yet facing up…