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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The kids are all right, the politicians ought to listen
MATT KERR sees schools teach kids their rights and is also heartened by the ever-present solidarity with Palestinians he has experienced during the recent marches
GETTING THE MESSAGE ACROSS: Sharyn Lock, a midwife who is on hunger strike for five days in solidarity with the people of Gaza. She is outside the Scottish Parliament, from 9 to 5 each day up to and including tomorrow
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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
IN GLASGOW and Edinburgh at the weekend, thousands rallied for Palestine and the cause of peace and justice in a far-off land.
The snow swirled in the howling wind as they marched through the streets, to supportive hoots from drivers and cheers from the determined shoppers who ignored the weather in an attempt to find Christmas presents in good time — some even joined the rally.
On social media, messages of support flooded in from those stranded by a Scottish transport system still coming to terms with the concept of winter after all these millennia.
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