Al Neal

Al Neal is a sports columnist for People’s World writing on politics, labor relations, and the general ruckus in professional sports. He spent a decade working in the trade union movement with various locals across the country and currently serves as Dir. of Education and Advocacy for the St. Louis Workers’ Education Society. A member of the Society of Professional Journalists, the National Sports Media Association, National Society for Newspaper Columnists and the NewsGuild, Neal’s work and reporting has been featured in the Labor-Tribune, Buzzfeed News, Russia Today (RT), Sputnik News Wire, and Getty Images. More words at GrandStand Central.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Al Neal

World

Brexit: The ‘Noes’ still have it
April 2, 2019 By Al Neal
It was another night of fierce division and anger between Members of Parliament in the House of Commons yesterday.
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World

March 29: The Brexit day that never was
March 29, 2019 By Al Neal
Britain's lame duck prime minister shuffles toward her own exit from power but can't deliver her country's exit from the EU.
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Politics

Parliament seizes control of Brexit as a million people call for second referendum
March 27, 2019 By Al Neal
In London, a million rallied for a Brexit rethink. In Brussels, chants in French, Dutch, Spanish, Romani, and more were all saying the same thing: “We are all European.”
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News

London Calling: Talking Brexit with the Communist Party of Britain’s Robert Griffiths
March 25, 2019 By Al Neal
The Communist leader says that not everyone who voted for Brexit is a racist and that Theresa May is carrying out a half-Brexit at the behest of big business.
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World

Brexit in Brussels: May gets short reprieve while Labour pushes alt-Brexit
March 22, 2019 By Al Neal
People’s World correspondent Al Neal reports from Brussels, where the EU27 has been meeting to decide Britain’s fate.
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World

Brexit blame game: After another failure, May points finger at Parliament
March 21, 2019 By Al Neal
People's World has the latest from London, and our correspondent is now enroute to Brussels, where Theresa May will plead for a Brexit extension.
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Politics

Brexit: How Trump is taking advantage of the U.K.’s political mess
March 20, 2019 By Al Neal
Putting it ever so bluntly: what the world doesn’t need now is Donald Trump taking control of international trade negotiations.
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Politics

Brexit plot twist: 400-year-old parliamentary rule throws vote into chaos
March 19, 2019 By Al Neal
The British Parliament faces fresh chaos, EU leaders stare in disbelief, and the people of the U.K. have no idea what comes next.
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