Britain’s historic strike wave | Red Flag

The class struggle in Britain is undergoing a momentous transformation. After decades of low strike rates and declining union membership, workers are now engaged in serious and wide-ranging confrontations with bosses.  Last June, a series of mass strikes on the railways smashed through years of industrial quiescence and put class …

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Cumbrian firm creates plastic-free poppy for Royal British Legion

Picture: James Cropper Cumbrian papermaker James Cropper has worked with the Royal British Legion to create its first plastic-free poppy. Working with the Royal British Legion and design consultancy Matter, James Cropper, based at Burneside, near Kendal, has co-created the poppy which will reduce carbon emissions by 40 per cent. It …

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