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
Latest editorial
Covid-19 is revealing the true scale of the capitalist crisis
It is not bankers who will propel us through this crisis – but workers, says BECK ROBERTSON
Business tycoon Richard Branson (right) pictured here in 2016 with then prime minister David Cameron at the Farnborough International Airshow in Hampshire
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
CORONAVIRUS is revealing the real face of capitalism, laying bare the staggering inequity that’s long festered in our society.
Now there’s nowhere for economic injustice to hide, as millions are made unemployed overnight, forced to rely on meagre government subsidy for their sustenance, while an underfunded health service struggles to cope.
The illusion of equity we‘ve long been labouring under is now being exposed as the fakery it always was, but the present situation is merely the tip of the iceberg.
Similar stories
Our housing crisis isn’t an accident – it’s class war, trapping millions in poverty while landlords and billionaires profit. To solve it, we need comprehensive transformation, not mere tokenistic reform, writes BECK ROBERTSON
The Scottish government has responsibility to protect private rental tenants until rent controls become law. RUTH GILBERT explains the issues at stake
A new Bill seeks to prevent price-gouging landlords evicting tenants under dubious grounds only to hike up the rent for the next tenant. Living Rent is campaigning hard to make sure this provision becomes law, writes ADITI JEHANGIR
In the first of two articles, ROBERT GRIFFITHS argues that despite a parliamentary majority, Labour’s timid Budget fails to seize a historic opportunity and lacks the ambition needed to address Britain’s deep social and economic crises