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 wealth taxes on the rich, not Tory austerity 2.0
RICHARD BURGON MP argues the labour movement must put wealth taxes at the heart of its alternative to Tory cuts
LOUD AND CLEAR: People’s Assembly Britain is Broken national demonstration in central London on November 5, 2022
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 NORMALLY takes a few days for the bad news in a budget to come to light. But the impact of this week’s Autumn Statement was immediately clear: the Tories are planning yet another assault on the living standards of the vast majority.
The outlook for the general economy is eye-wateringly bad — but for the living standards of the vast majority of people it is horrific.
The British economy is now in a recession that’s expected to last over a year. Ours is the only one of the major economies not to have recovered its pre-pandemic levels. It isn’t set to do so until the end of 2024.
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