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After VE day, when the war was over, a different kind of battle had to be fought. It involved not bullets and battalions but solidarity and strikes. Cailean Ghallagher draws comparisons with the present pandemic crisis, and the need to organise against hypocritical politicians and bosses who praise on one hand and take with the other.
Dundee activists will be very aware of the Brassica dispute, but it's a story that's resonated around the country. This morning, the Dundee Council Licensing Board has met to consider the application to renew the license for Brassica Ecosse, a company that was liquidated in October and left its Dundonian workers without wages for weeks. Cailean Gallagher of The New Pretender investigates the background of this outrage and sheds light on the many flaws of the employability initiative led by Dundee City Council…
