The crew of the Freedom Flotilla boat, Handala, warned Israel to obey international law but are now in captivity, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
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We must get through this winter together - or many will not get through it at all
Unison assistant general secretary ROGER McKENZIE says a fundamental change of approach is needed to tackle this health crisis
Public service workers have amassed a huge body of experience, and undergone huge risks to their lives during the pandemic — ow that winter is here, it is time for them to be listened to.
A Chilean court ruled that funds were illegally taken by the dictator to accumulate family wealth that is now disputed among his heirs, writes PABLO MERIGUET
DAVID HORSLEY remembers communist seaman Bill Bailey, the ‘Kid from Hoboken,’ whose heroics in tearing down a swastika flag from a ship’s mast inspired early anti-fascist resistance
Our Foreign Secretary now condemns Israel in the Commons, yet Britain still supplies weapons and intelligence for its bombing campaigns — as the horror reaches perhaps the final stage, action must finally replace words, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
I went to bed planning for university, but woke to bombs falling on Gaza, losing my home, best friend, and nearly my hand — yet I am unbroken, and still dream of writing to carry Palestinian voices worldwide, writes EMAN GHASSAN ABUZAYED
The shock suspension of socialist MPs and Diane Abbott’s re-suspension reveals a leadership intent on crushing internal debate — but MERCEDES VILLALBA MSP warns against surrendering party democracy without a fight
IN WUHAN, devastated by the coronavirus outbreak at the beginning of this year, nightclubs are open again. We are having to enter a partial second lockdown next week because of politics as much as epidemiology.
At the beginning of the outbreak Boris Johnson boasted about being able to profit by being more careless than other countries. The government locked down too late, and when it did, it inherited a health service shredded by cuts and privatisation. Rather than rapidly raising state capacity, it adopted the same strategy that has failed on every major public project from universal credit to railways – huge bungs for profiteers with a record of failure but close links to the Conservative Party.
Our test and trace system is now being operated by teenagers on the minimum wage in roles intended for experienced clinicians at the level of paramedics or assistant psychologists.
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