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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Food production: it's time a for a rural rising
Simple improvements in countryside communities' income, working conditions and economic support is urgently necessary, but a plan for a revolution in agriculture is also needed — and entirely feasible, argues PHIL KATZ
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 WAR in Ukraine has demonstrated how tenuous our food chain is. Climate change and July’s record-breaking heatwave served as a warning, as animals and crops struggled with the heat as much as humans. The threat of water shortage is back. Seven million adults visited a foodbank in May. And in a country that imports more than 80 per cent of its fruit and over 45 per cent of its vegetables from abroad, fuel price rises will affect food price rises.
Monopoly ownership in the energy, water and food sectors will ensure that prices carry on rising. To transform our countryside we need first to talk about land ownership, monopoly control of food retail, hedge fund speculation, climate change and long-term plans.
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