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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Unions need to ramp up pressure to reject council cuts
The fight against Tory cuts needs a political as well as economic response - but politicians aren't listening. We need to make them listen, writes TOM MORRISON
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
LOCAL government trade unions fighting against council budget cuts face a Groundhog Day scenario.
Once again across the negotiating table sit councillors who despite standing for election on an anti-austerity ticket, wring their hands saying they do not want to make these budget cuts, but they have no choice, their hands are tied by Holyrood or Westminster, therefore they have to implement a legally balanced budget and make these “savings.”
Sitting looking on is the senior council officers making sure they do just that.
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