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Labour must follow the TUC over Palestine
In a fringe speech for the Labour & Palestine campaign group, MATT WILLGRESS contrasts the government’s inaction with the TUC’s demands, calling for recognition of Palestine, an arms embargo and concrete steps to hold Israel accountable
Mourners transport the bodies of their relatives killed by an Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip during their funeral in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, September 23, 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
ISRAEL’S military assault on Gaza has killed over 45,000 Palestinians, injured more than 90,000 and displaced over 75 per cent of the population.
The illegal war has destroyed housing, hospitals, schools and universities. And this is before we look at the growing aggression in the West Bank and now in Lebanon.
This was the context to the recent TUC Congress when delegates unanimously passed a motion that clearly revealed the inadequacy of the new British government’s approach to Israel’s illegal war — unfortunately, something that has not been discussed at this conference.
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