Labour’s year in review – 2005
A version of this article is also online here. Usually at this time of year, I am asked by Workers Online to review the world geographically, continent by continent, country by country, and point out…
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Reply to Ilan Pappe on Amir Peretz
This letter was published in the London Review of Books. I was happy to see Ilan Pappe open his article on Amir Peretz (London Review of Books, 15 December 2005) with a quote taken from…
“Ethical Consumer” magazine supports racist boycotts?
To the editor, Ethical Consumer magazine As a new subscriber, I was looking forward to reading my first issue of Ethical Consumer magazine. Like most of your readers, I try to shop ethically — I…
The 9th annual Labour Website of the Year competition
For the ninth year in a row, LabourStart is once again organizing the Labour Website of the Year competition. The history of that competition reads like a history of trade union use of the Internet….
The website for union reps that 96% of union reps don’t use
A few years back, the TUC launched a website specifically aimed at union reps. It was called “unionreps.org.uk”. The site has a few features, such as news (including a LabourStart newswire), a directory of resources,…
The last social democrat
A trade union leader’s victory marks beginning of class politics in Israel. Workers’ Online runs my analysis of Amir Peretz’s victory.
Peretz’s victory
A friend of mine who’s been working for 25 years on a shop floor in an Israeli factory summed up the historic signficance of Amir Peretz’s rise to power in the Labor Party. It doesn’t…
Fast Forward: Unions need to use online video to campaign for workers’ rights
I’ve just had a quick look at some of the best websites that focus on union rights — the Campaign for Labor Rights based in Washington, ICTUR in London, and the International Confederation of Free…
LabourStart TV: A new era in union communications?
The launch of LabourStart TV (at http://www.labourstart.tv) may mark the beginning of new era in union communications. I say that knowing that it sounds like hyperbole, and grossly exaggerates what we are doing. But let…
Using the web for discussion and debate: Napo’s experience
I haven’t done a careful academic study of this, but it seems to me that few unions in Britain offer more opportunities for members to express themselves online than Napo — the union for family…