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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We need to change the conversation on war and peace – could a Corbyn-led party do it?
CHELLEY RYAN asks whether a single-issue peace party is needed to confront Britain's addiction to military aggression
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn joins a coalition of campaigners as they hold a protest party over immigration policies outside the Home Office in central London, under the banner of Stop the Hate - Unity Not Division - Refugees Welcome, December 18, 2023
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
THROUGHOUT history the poorest have been the pawns of war for the richest to gain power which they then wield to gain even more power. The poor and working class are sent to kill their working-class brother or sister from another nation or territory at the behest of manipulative, narcissistic people who deliberately arouse and exploit patriotic or nationalist sentiments and fear to “other” the people they are sending them to kill.
They weave stories of righteousness, heroism and noble sacrifice out of the truth which is about gaining resources and assets.
This truth is glaringly obvious to so many of us, yet try as we might with our anti-war marches and movements where we share speeches, often with the already converted, we struggle to reach the hearts and minds of many who still believe war is a necessary evil.
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