By Riccardo la Torre, Eastern Region FBU Secretary The 2019 Fire Brigades Union conference has voted for a strong emergency … More
Category: Left governments
‘Free Our Unions’ motion to RMT conference 2019
The following motion has been submitted to the RMT rail and transport union’s annual conference (23-27 June, Manchester) by East … More
FBU wins LRC to back ‘Free Our Unions’ campaign
The following motion was proposed by the Fire Brigades Union to the Labour Representation Committee conference on 9 February 2019, … More
Four speeches from the anti-Brexit demo
These speeches were among those given at the thousands-strong Left Bloc rally at the start of the 23 March People’s … More
Why a social democratic group? Labour already is one
By Rick Parnet Tom Watson has set up a new “social democratic” group of Labour MPs and members of the … More
Pizza and videos to free our unions
An evening of short video-making, pizza, drinks and a talk from some firefighters – to build the campaign to free … More
Has Corbynism peaked?
Simon Hannah asks whether Corbynism has stalled politically. I’ll be honest, I was going to call this ‘Corbynism has peaked’, … More
Why has McDonnell ruled out capital controls?
By Martin Thomas “I want to make it absolutely explicit that capital controls would not happen under a Labour government”, … More
Firefighters support Free Our Unions campaign
Since our fringe meeting at Labour Party conference last September, which was addressed by Fire Brigades Union General Secretary Matt … More