This article appears in Solidarity this week. As PCS convenes this week in Brighton for their annual conference, delegates will be be expected to vote on a wide range of issues, including some international ones….
Last week, rank-and-file members of Unite in one workplace raised £1,000 to support 53 Indonesian workers, sacked by Nestlé. They were joined by trade unionists in Germany, the Nordic countries and elsewhere who in a…
This article appeared in Jungle World. Die Woche vor dem 1. Mai wird jedes Jahr weltweit als »Nordkorea-Friedenswoche« begangen, obwohl man das innerhalb der Arbeiterbewegung kaum bemerken würde. Gewerkschaften in ganz Europa rühmen sich ihrer…
This article appeared in the Philadelphia Jewish Voice. On 28 April, the fifth largest supermarket chain in Britain, the Co-operative Group, voted to stop trading with Israeli companies that source some of their products from…
This article appears in Progress Online. On 28 April, the Co-operative Group voted to stop trading with Israeli companies that source some of their products from Jewish settlements in the occupied territories. It is the…
This article appears in this week’s issue of Solidarity. The week leading up to May Day is commemorated each year around the world as “North Korea Freedom Week”, though you’d hardly know that if you…
This article appeared in Jungle World. Modena ist außerhalb Italiens bekannt als die Stadt, in der die berühmten Ferrari-Sportwagen gebaut werden. Doch für Italiener, vor allem für Linke, ist Modena auch die »rote Stadt«, sie…
This article appeared in Solidarity. Mass murderers, and especially those who execute children at point-blank range, are not normally objects of one’s sympathy. It is possible, I imagine, for Nazis to “understand” the motives of…
I admit it – I’m an early adopter. That means that I enjoy trying out new technologies, though I can also claim I do this for work reasons as well. As a consultant to unions…
This March marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Bayard Rustin, the American civil rights leader who passed away in 1987. Rustin is remembered as the organiser of the great 1963 March on Washington…