Mask-off outbursts by Maga insiders and most strikingly, the destruction and reconstruction of the presidential seat, with a huge new $300m ballroom, means Trump isn’t planning to leave the White House when his term ends, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
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The Covid-19 crisis has allowed us to see the world in new ways and demand a break with laissez-faire capitalism — but will we? asks NEIL FINDLAY MSP
The new temporary NHS Louisa Jordan Hospital at the SEC event centre, Glasgow
BEN CHACKO speaks with Knesset member OFER CASSIF about rising political violence, the prospects for peace and his continuous ‘silencing by suspension’
The City is leaning on Rachel Reeves to cut welfare spending — when what’s needed is cuts to all the benefits given to the mega rich, corporations and banks to help them not pay or blatantly dodge their fair share of tax, explains BERNIE EVANS
The choice between two Blairites to revamp the tepid centrism of our ruling party doesn’t even come as cold comfort as we wander the city streets suffering from their third decade of austerity and the fifth of wage stagnation, writes MATT KERR
ANN HENDERSON looks at the trailblazers of the Women’s Trade Union League and their successful fight for female factory inspectors — a battle that echoes in today’s workplace campaigns
HENRY FOWLER puts the strike of public-sector workers in New Zealand in the wider context of deteriorating employment conditions throughout the world’s major economies
MAT COWARD looks back at a protest 105 years ago this month, whose reporting by the media bears uncomfortable similarities with demos today
THE world has changed. We cannot return to what went before as if the coronavirus crisis was just a temporary blip in a world where capitalism, the exploitation of people and resources and the dog-eat-dog survival-of-the-fittest economics is accepted as the norm.
We have huge questions to ask ourselves and our politicians and decision-makers.
Will we replace our applause for the NHS with more funding, increased staffing, better pay and lasting respect for the staff in our hospitals and communities?
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