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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This ceasefire is clearly not enough, and we must be allowed to continue our protests, argues DIANE ABBOTT
INTIMIDATION IS THE NEW NORMAL: (L to R) Police arrest scores of protesters on a national march for Palestine in central London on January 18 2025; Elbit Systems UK Ltd an Israeli weapons manufacturer exposed at a Gaza demonstration on November 2 2024
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
MANY of us who have marched, protested, written and lobbied calling for a ceasefire in Gaza were naturally delighted when the ceasefire announcement came.
Israelis and Palestinians alike were delighted by the release of hostages, even if the Israeli government tried to prevent natural outpourings of joy and relief on part of the people of the Occupied Territories.
But there are growing and justified concerns about the character of this ceasefire, where it is leading and what the long-term consequences will be.
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As Israel breaks ceasefire with air strikes on Gaza, killing 400, and ministers backtrack on acknowledging Israeli war crimes, campaigners ask ‘how many more Palestinians will be slaughtered before Britain stops sending arms to Israel?’
As Israel cuts off electricity and water while threatening to ‘unleash hell,’ the British Establishment’s calls to end demonstrations only expose their own deep complicity in the ongoing oppression of Palestine, argues BEN JAMAL
The situation for the peoples of the Middle East is dire – the time has come to build an international coalition to isolate the warmongers for as long as they continue their violent campaign, argues AQEL TAQAZ
