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Striking firefighters are calling for an escalation of their four day walkout after Buckinghamshire fire bosses sacked a leading union activist for taking action.

A Glasgow Unison union convenor won her appeal yesterday, Tuesday, against her dismissal by city council bosses. She is to be fully reinstated to her job as a community worker.

The British Museum’s Memories of a Nation exhibition is a thought-provoking experience that looks at 600 years of German history, writes Sally Campbell

Syrian revolutionary socialist Joseph Daher writes on Western intervention

This fascinating novel is based on the life of worker and left wing activist James Norris.

Tomáš Tengely-Evans explains how a socialist response to demands for ‘national liberation’ have to take into account the role of imperialism

The legendary Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen has released his tenth solo album.

Capitalism continually pits people against each other, but that isn’t how human beings evolved, writes John Parrington

A new strike date has been called—now workers want to see escalating action, says Tomáš Tengely-Evans

Unison leaders face a serious kickback over their decision to call off a local government strike on 14 October.

The trial of three G4S guards accused of the manslaughter of Jimmy Mubenga was set to begin on Monday of next week. 

Firefighters in England have announced a four-day strike in the battle against Tory pension theft. It was set to begin on Friday of this week with workers walking out of stations at 6pm.