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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From new housebuilding techniques to pedestrianising cities and localising food supply, the examples of solutions to climate change are all around us — but this government's predilection for chaos over responsible leadership does not bode well, writes ALAN SIMPSON
Burbo Bank wind farm off Merseyside in north west England
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 Sun Ship (Das Sonnenschiff) is a small community in the Vauban district of Freiburg.
Built in 2004, it is one of the earliest examples of “energy-plus” housing; developments that generate more electricity than the community itself consumes.
Powered entirely by solar energy (and storage) and designed to high standards of natural heating and cooling, Vauban shows how housing can be rethought in ways more compatible with a climate-challenged world.
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But Unite warns that Labour has ‘missed a golden opportunity to bring the national grid under public ownership’
TOM HARDY traces how these climate conferences have been captured by fossil fuel interests while CO₂ levels have continued to rise since 1995 — but XR’s citizen assemblies and direct action have offered an alternative