BEN CHACKO reports on fears at TUC Congress that the provisions in the legislation are liable to be watered down even further
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Meat industry propaganda and the climate crisis
We are familiar with the damage tobacco and fossil fuels do — and know that they have spent billions on hiding this. But we largely do not realise the pernicious effect of the meat industry on obscuring the drastic need to reduce animal consumption to fight global warming, writes IAN SINCLAIR
DIRECT ACTION: Environmental protesters from Animal Rebellion blockade a McDonalds distribution site in Hemel Hempstead, May 2021
CHRIS HOOFE calls for support for GMB’s Potters’ Pledge campaign, aimed at making sure the historic pottery industry based in Stoke-on-Trent is supported over cheap, low-quality imports and counterfeits
Investing the £75 billion slated for defence spending on a green new deal, healthcare and education would create jobs and help communities far more than weapons spending, argues UCU general secretary JO GRADY
Speaking to the Morning Star’s Ceren Sagir, general secretary of the National Union of Journalists LAURA DAVISON outlines the threats to journalism from Palestine to Britain, and the unique challenges confronting the industry through the rise of AI
We must organise broad-based counterprotests and celebratory local community events to rebuild class consciousness and challenge the far-right’s divisive lies, writes KEVIN COURTNEY, ahead of this Saturday’s big demo in London
Artists should not be consigned to a life of precarious working – they deserve dignity and proper workers’ rights, argues ZITA HOLBOURNE
IN RECENT years UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres has made increasingly strong statements about the climate crisis. His latest warning came at last month’s major economies forum on energy and climate in the US, organised by the White House.
“We seem trapped in a world where fossil fuel producers and financiers have humanity by the throat,” he said.
“For decades, many in the fossil fuel industry have invested heavily in pseudo-science and public relations — with a false narrative to minimise their responsibility for climate change and undermine ambitious climate policies.
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