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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Hope for Palestine is hope for the left
The British left can be proud that it never abandoned Palestine to be more acceptable to the Establishment — today it is Palestine and the huge rebellion it has inspired that is breathing life into our movement, writes KEVIN OVENDEN
People take part in the National March for Palestine in Whitehall, central London, to call for a ceasefire in Israel's onslaught on Gaza, Saturday November 25 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
ISRAEL’S war on Gaza and on the Palestinian people is upending politics across the globe. In few places is that more so than in Britain.
It was surreal this week to see the editor of the Jewish Chronicle, a once-respected weekly, accuse former defence secretary Ben Wallace MP of being a Hamas surrogate. Wallace is a hawk and was touted as a replacement from the right of the Tory Party for Liz Truss.
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Israel continues to pound Gaza as activists call for a public inquiry into Britain’s role
