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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Israel-Gaza: we need an immediate ceasefire and proper humanitarian aid
Around the world people are calling for international law to be respected and the siege to be lifted immediately, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
WILFUL DESTRUCTION: Palestinians at the site of a Greek Orthodox church just destroyed by Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City
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
IT HAS BEEN terrible to witness the scenes of carnage on our TV screens, as the death toll mounts in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It is difficult to imagine living through it.
Of course, this is not the first time this has happened over the last 75 years. But it is quite shocking to see how many politicians refuse the calls for peace and an immediate ceasefire.
The clear implication is that they are content to see more bloodshed; that they are happier with the state of war. The voices calling for peace are being marginalised.
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Our Foreign Secretary now condemns Israel in the Commons, yet Britain still supplies weapons and intelligence for its bombing campaigns — as the horror reaches perhaps the final stage, action must finally replace words, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
This ceasefire is clearly not enough, and we must be allowed to continue our protests, argues DIANE ABBOTT
