By Michael Roberts US president Donald Trump travels to China to meet China’s President Xi Jinping on Wednesday 13 May. It will be the first
Month: May 2026
1986: the Chernobyl nuclear disaster – part three
Part III: Have lessons been learnt? A resounding no! In the final part of a three-part article, CAIN O’MAHONY, who has worked in the Chernobyl
General Strike paper “The British Worker” – a good initiative of a timid leadership – part one
In this article RAY GOODSPEED looks at the first four issues of this paper, from 5-8 May. Part two (here) will look at issues produced
By Joe Langabeer A quote attributed to Mark Twain reads: “History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes”. Well, in this case, history is
1926 General Strike: all solid between Glasgow and Carlisle
By John Pickard Continuing the theme of the centenary of the 1926 General Strike, here we look at a snapshot of the strike in southern
Editorial: Reform election surge is down to Starmer
Town halls up and down the country are now going to be flooded with Reform UK councillors: a surge of racists, xenophobes, transphobes, homophobes, anti-trade
Book review: the real women in M*A*S*H
By John Pickard M*A*S*H was a film, later turned into a popular TV series, that was broadcast from 1972 to 1983. It was based on a
Glasgow May Day 2026: remembering the General Strike
By David Cartwright, Unite, Glasgow Retired Members’ Branch On Sunday 3 May a wide range of Glasgow Labour movement organisations and community campaign groups assembled
Unite NEC elections: big majority for Sharon Graham
By Andy Ford, newly-elected Unite NEC member The recent elections to the Executive of the Unite union, one of the Labour Party’s largest affiliates, returned
By Joe Langabeer The Boys is currently in its final season on Amazon Prime. It is based on the Garth Ennis comic books of the
