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17 Jun 2013 6 minute read

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Caroline Lucas: ‘The People’s Assembly offers hope’

Mischa Wilmers speaks to the Green Party MP about the public response to the anti-austerity coalition and her...

Why I won’t be boycotting Primark

3 May 2013 3 minute read

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Why I won’t be boycotting Primark

After the factory deaths in Bangladesh, Ilana Winterstein says consumer pressure is what's needed to make...

Forget about winning, Lefties

2 May 2013 3 minute read

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Forget about winning, Lefties

Shimri Zameret on why he thinks national struggles for social justice are failing to bring true international...

Bring workers’ rights back into fashion

2 May 2013 3 minute read

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Bring workers’ rights back into fashion

Angered by the avoidable tragic factory collapse at Rana Plaza, Bangladesh, Mari Marcel Thekaekara looks at...

Thatcher is gone but her legacy lives

8 Apr 2013 2 minute read

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Thatcher is gone but her legacy lives

‘The Wicked Witch is dead’ but although he’s celebrating, Alan Hughes urges us to fight on against everything...

World Social Forum: update from Tunisia

28 Mar 2013 3 minute read

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World Social Forum: update from Tunisia

Tim Baster and Isabelle Merminod meet some of the activists hoping that a better world is...

Why won’t Adidas pay-up in Indonesia?

7 Dec 2012 2 minute read

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Why won’t Adidas pay-up in Indonesia?

The sportswear giant has lost contracts worth over $10 million because of its refusal to settle a $1.8-million debt to workers...

Direct action for a future that works

24 Oct 2012 3 minute read

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Direct action for a future that works

Britain’s anti-austerity fight increasingly prefers to-the-point tactics over marches as people run out of things to lose,...

‘Mockery’ made of London cleaners’ living wage

8 Oct 2012 3 minute read

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‘Mockery’ made of London cleaners’ living wage

Union says working-hour cuts will keep Société Générale cleaners in poverty. Michael Pooler reports.

Dancing on Maggie Thatcher's grave

18 Sep 2012 2 minute read

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Dancing on Maggie Thatcher's grave

Alan Hughes on why he’ll be celebrating the passing of the Iron Lady.

Turkish authorities target trade unions

25 Jul 2012 3 minute read

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Turkish authorities target trade unions

Protesters have taken to the streets of Istanbul after dozens are imprisoned during a major police crackdown on union...

1 Jun 2012 2 minute read

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Defending Korea’s peace island

South Korean villagers are campaigning to keep a military base off the pristine Jeju island, reports Chloe Simons.

1 Apr 2012 3 minute read

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The unpalatable reality of working for Apple

A fresh wave of reports unveiling exploitation in the iPad empire are forcing Apple to clean up up its act, reports ...

2 Dec 2011 3 minute read

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Strike!

On Wednesday, Britain saw its biggest strikes for 85 years, sounding a note of challenge to the government's austerity drive,...

Student protests: the return to the streets

11 Nov 2011 3 minute read

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Student protests: the return to the streets

Despite relatively low numbers on Wednesday, the push for a truly public university system is by no means dead in the water,...

Pay your interns!

3 Nov 2011 3 minute read

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Pay your interns!

As a campaign is launched to stop the exploitation of interns, office manager Anna Weston explains the paid...

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