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 step up the fight to save lives and livelihoods
The left needs to co-ordinate around alternative policies if it’s going to force the government to change course, argues RICHARD BURGON
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
YOU “must learn to live with it and live without fear.” That was the message from the Tory government in the face of the greatest public-health threat in our lifetimes.
It came at the same time as the Tory chancellor pulled the plug on furlough, implying that mass unemployment would be a price worth paying.
Those remarks came as the world was nearing one million Covid deaths. Despite all the talk at the beginning of this crisis, the Tories have made clear that they will not do everything needed to protect lives and livelihoods.
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