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Escaping The Matrix: the search for a sustainable future
ALAN SIMPSON laments the historic failure of Cop27 and the increasing criminalisation of climate activism as all parties ignore the simple ways out of the crisis we face
ROAD TO PROGRESS: Protesters block roads outside Parliament in July, calling for state support for insulation schemes. Labour programmes for tackling cold homes were all ditched by the Tories post-2010
The catastrophe unfolding in Gaza – where Palestinians are freezing to death in tents – is not a natural disaster but a calculated outcome of Israel’s ongoing blockade, aid restrictions and continued violence, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
CJ ATKINS argues that despite losing the election, Chile’s left remains big and organised and must unite to resist the new far-right government
Take a read of the latest Unite Hospitality Glasgow Strike Bulletin and hear from workers fighting for better pay and dignity at work
Alba party leader KENNY MacASKILL makes some suggestions on how to save our pubs and reduce irresponsible drinking
After years of austerity and denial under a new Reform UK council, a failing Send service was pushed into the spotlight by staff, unions and parents — culminating in a £1.3m funding boost and a 50% increase in front-line workers. MARTIN PORTER explains
FEW people would ever mistake the former health minister Matt Hancock for Keanu Reeves. However, his involvement in the I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here TV series has become almost as mind-bending as the plot of The Matrix.
Having discharged care home patients from hospitals without any pre-screening for Covid, Hancock deserves having slurry and insects poured over him. Those who suffered the bereavement and trauma that followed might wish this to continue indefinitely. But there are wider issues about Britain’s descent into dystopian politics that the game show should not distract from.
Britain’s care system remains massively overstretched and under-resourced; the NHS even more so. The decision of NHS nursing staff to go on strike is unprecedented. It reflects the desperation of those who held other’s lives together throughout the Covid pandemic, but who are now leaving or retiring early in droves through sheer exhaustion and overwork.
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