Workers at the GKN plant in Florence have waged a militant battle to defend their jobs, occupying the factory and organising mass action. Their bold struggle provides inspiration and valuable lessons for fighting GKN workers in Britain.

The US Supreme Court has voted to uphold a new Texas state law that drastically limits access to legal abortions. This attack on reproductive rights – under threat from the rotten capitalist system – must be met with working-class resistance.

On this day 20 years ago, Al Qaeda terrorists shocked the world by bringing down the Twin Towers. Two decades on – after waging a long, bloody war – US imperialism has been humiliated in Afghanistan, opening up a new era of instability.