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Gaza’s forthcoming crisis might be worse than anything we have ever seen
Almost all of Gaza’s water is not fit for human consumption because of a deliberate Israeli strategy. RAMZY BAROUD explains
Women wave their national flags during a rally marking the 46st anniversary of Land Day, near the fence of the Gaza Strip's border with Israel
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 water is back,” one family member would announce in a mix of excitement and panic, often very late at night.
The moment such an announcement was made, my whole family would start running in all directions to fill every tank, container or bottle that could possibly be filled.
Quite often, the water would last only for a few minutes, leaving us with a collective sense of defeat, worrying about the very possibility of surviving.
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