The fight for a future
One battle ends, but the war goes on. With the end of British involvement in the EU comes a new beginning – the fight for real independence…
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Free to protect the environment
In this original and exciting book, Ben Pontin argues that independence presents us with a real opportunity for environmental protection in Britain…
Friedrich Engels, born 1820
Born 200 years ago, Friedrich Engels played a great part in the working class movement in the 19th century, particularly in Britain…
Coronavirus: workers taking control [print version]
Nothing illustrates the potential of collective and people-led organisation like the response of British workers to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Boost for shipbuilding
The government announced an increase in defence spending in the House of Commons on 19 November 2020
Fisheries - More powers for Navy
The Royal Navy is preparing to protect Britain’s fishing waters in the event of a no-deal Brexit by deploying four patrol ships, according to news reports.
Afghanistan - Civilian deaths soar
US President Donald Trump’s rundown of ground forces in Afghanistan was accompanied by an escalation in the air war – resulting in hundreds of civilian deaths...
BT staff yes to action vote
Communications Workers Union BT Group membership responded to a consultative ballot on industrial action in defence of job security and terms and conditions with a huge 97.9 per cent yes vote.
SNP ferries fiasco
Ageing ferry ships that have provided life-line services to dozens of islands around the coasts of Scotland should have been replaced in 2018...
Brexit - The chips are down
Britain is not the only country whose agriculture has been distorted by the EU...
Electric Cars - Cornish promise
In a big boost for electric vehicle battery production in Britain, mining exploration company Cornish Lithium announced significant investment...
Covid-19 - Normal Service
Hardly any libraries in the whole of Britain’s higher education system maintained their usual services through the fraught 2020 autumn term.