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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We need a humanitarian corridor
Paying the French millions to police their border is no solution — to avoid deaths in the Channel, humanitarian visas should be issued so that migrants can travel safely and make their asylum claims here in Britain, writes SABBY DHALU
A migrants makeshift camp is pictured before its evacuation in Grande-Synthe, Northern France, Tuesday, November 16, 2021
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
DESPITE the humanitarian tragedy of at least 27 people drowning in the Channel while attempting a perilous journey to Britain, the British government still shamefully chooses to continue using the issue as a political football and appease the racist right. This was not just a tragedy, the loss of life was entirely avoidable.
Many misleading news reports in the mass media suggest that Britain is some sort of so-called “soft touch.” The reality is that it is very difficult to arrive in Britain legally. This is why people are forced to make life-threatening journeys across seas. Some perspective is necessary on the displacement of people worldwide.
Firstly regarding the causes of the displacement of people internationally, in other words what leads to people fleeing their homelands and become refugees. According to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) since 2008 the majority of displacement in the world is caused by disasters due to climate change, which is another illustration of the importance and urgency of the issue. Climate change is a big push factor.
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Britain’s proud asylum history, from sheltering the Kindertransport escaping Hitler to Basque children fleeing fascist Spain, required tireless campaigning against persistent opposition — and it’s up to all of us to do our part today, writes SABINA PRICE
Labour told to ‘immediately implement safe passage to Britain for refugees’ after three more people drown in the Channel