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through the narrow alleys of an arab neighbourhood, waving flags and chanting slogans. the palestinian red cross said over 70 people were injured in clashes. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello, and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with, rather than an interrogation of, someone who shapes our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. my guest this week has threatened to bring the country to a standstill, which has made him a target of those...

elementary school shooting, as the parents prepare to bury their children. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello, and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with, rather than an interrogation of someone who shapes our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. my guest this week has threatened to bring the country to a standstill, which has made him a target of those who accuse union militants of being hell—bent on suicidal madness. others, though...

account of the brisk winds. those winds continue overnight. it is going to be pretty chilly for the time of year with temperatures across northern areas in sixes and sevens. tomorrow, a similar kind of day. we start off with some morning sunshine, a slightly cooler start. this time, the cloud will develop to such an extent that we will see showers for scotland, england and wales. northern ireland should stay dry with sunny spells throughout. top cabbage is down on recent days but still...

Congress House, which is the headquarters of TUC, was a familiar landmark but now it is up for sale and staff at the national trade union centre now face an uncertain future

SIR – National debt stands at £2.5 trillion, a similar level to our GDP, and costs £85 billion a year in interest payments. Unfunded public-sector pension liabilities stand at around £2.6 trillion (report, November 21), yet government spending continues at eye-watering levels.

Since opening in 1882 more than 200 pitmen had died at Markham Colliery, including almost 70 in three incidents in 1938 alone.

A mass day of strikes terrified the bosses and the Tories. But, just as today, union leaders were busy trying to sabotage action

IN my latest series of Bradford’s female game-changers I have covered two campaigning working-class women.

Vic Turner carried aloft as the Pentonville Five are released From Workers' Liberty magazine 41, July 1997 Part two, on the role of the left, here It is July 1972. With the union leaders safely in talks with Tory Prime Minister] Heath and knuckling under to his Industrial Relations Act (IRA), the Tories now went for the real union power on the docks: the rank and file.

On building sites with the original john murphy, the big contractor. he went in factories because it was easier. he went in the post office because being a shop steward left him a bit vulnerable. when he joined the post office, he came out of his probation and he went on strike for seven weeks. that was tom jackson, if you remember him, with the big handlebar moustache. i certainly do. trade union leader of old. and they lost the dispute. they didnt get what they wanted. so that was my life... a...