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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Nobody wants to go ‘back to normal.’ Time for the left to step up
As we are asked to return to work, Britain has an understandable lack of trust in its government. But what alternatives are there — and which should the left fight for, asks KEVIN OVENDEN
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
IT’S anyone’s guess how many people who can work from home returned to offices this week under what has been a deluge of bullying from some Tory MPs and their friends in the media.
The government had not released figures by Friday morning, though it must have a rough idea from the real-time data generated by the mass transit systems in London and other cities.
Anecdotal evidence from unions representing transport and office workers suggests a trickle rather than a torrent.
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