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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Germany: the 'traffic light' that bays for war
Across the political spectrum in Europe's most powerful nation there is a growing desire for confrontation with Russia and a new era of military intervention globally — and now even the radical left is folding on this crucial issue, reports VICTOR GROSSMAN
MILITARISTS UNITED: Nancy Pelosi (left) meets the German Greens’ Annalena Baerbock
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
ALL is not well here in Germany. Anxiety is widespread, for living costs have soared — gas and electricity but also groceries: meat and sausage, fruits and vegetables, bakery products, even margarine. The many, many foodbanks for the hungry, more than a few of them from the middle class, can no longer cope. Most frightening of all are the mounting monthly costs for apartments in a nation of renters.
Behind this distress — and for many like me, the most painful — is the Ukrainian war. Distorted or not, every report, every picture of death and destruction wrenches at my heart. Though I was always lucky enough to escape it, I hate war. And especially heart-wrenching for me is that Vladimir Putin, despite my hopes and expectations, took that fateful step on February 24 and sent troops, tanks and planes across the Ukrainian border.
There are so many uncomfortable questions. Yes, Russia has its oligarchs — too damned many in my view. And delusions of grandeur may be found in Putin’s court-like appearances, and possible overindulgence of Russian national pride.
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