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Trump’s escalation against Venezuela is about more than oil, it is about regaining control over the ‘natural’ zone of influence of the United States at a moment where its hegemony is slipping, argues VIJAY PRASHAD
It’ll take more than rhetoric to reverse the Tories’ pay cap
Scotlands workers cant rely on the SNP to bring about a real change in pay policy, writes LYNN HENDERSON
Evidence suggests Lammy’s proposals would come at a high cost: reduced fairness, diminished trust and greater racial inequality in the criminal justice system, argue TARA LAI QUINLAN and KATHARINA KARCHER
From the workhouses of the 1840s to today’s market capitalism, A Christmas Carol remains a sharp critique of charity rationed by class, says KEITH FLETT
The argument for a “significant expansion” of nuclear power will deliver soaring electricity prices that condemn underserved communities to unending hardship and poverty, argues LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
The new plan sets out an uncompromising bid for global dominance, casting even allies as obstacles to be subdued, writes DIANE ABBOTT
As we approach the half-anniversary of the Grenfell tragedy, the community gathers to remember loved ones while grappling with mixed emotions surrounding the ongoing deconstruction of the tower and the hopeful plans for a memorial, writes EMMA DENT COAD
ALMOST ten years since the crisis of economic greed, ordinary public-sector workers continue to pay the price of bailing out the bankers through wages slashed, cut, frozen and capped.
What a terrible way to treat the people who keep this country running. People that look after our courts, jobcentres, tax offices, schools, hospitals, driving centres, museums, galleries, passport offices, coastguard centres, fire and police stations and borders have seen their standards of living slip.
The services they deliver are run down. Only commitment to the public good drives these workers on.
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