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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Soul and socialism
The left has had a shifting attitude towards religion, where identity, activism and alienation play their roles – but the atheist left might look to allies among the faithful for solidarity, writes MIKE COWLEY
FIGHTING THE SYSTEM: Trade unionist Jimmy Reid warned of the capitalist ‘rat race’
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
THE Marxist left’s relationship to religious belief is a complicated one. Our materialism precludes the superstitions of faith while a militant anti-clericalism informs our politics.
The active role of the church in some of history’s worst atrocities is well documented. In May, the Free Church of Scotland refused to apologise for receiving millions of pounds from slavery.
Social reformer and abolitionist Frederick Douglass demanded it “send back the money” when he toured Scotland in 1846.
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Behind headlines of bishops’ resignations and brutal abuse lies the deeper story of class privilege and power, as religious institutions face a stark choice between serving the elite or standing with the oppressed, writes SYMON HILL