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Easter and the return of martyrdom
JAMES CROSSLEY sees parallels between the death of Jesus on the cross and the martyrdom of those fighting for the Rojava revolution today
Crucifixion by Emil Noide
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
THIS weekend clergy will be informing their congregations that there is more to Easter than chocolate eggs and bunnies.
No doubt they would prefer their congregations, politicians and the public to focus on the suffering of Jesus and the meaning of his death by crucifixion.
And perhaps our hypothetical clergy have a point. The earliest traditions about Jesus that gave rise to the Easter story suggest that he was brutally killed because of overturning the tables of the moneychangers and dove-sellers in the Jerusalem Temple.
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