Israel continues to operate with impunity in what seems to be a brutal and protracted experiment, while much of the world looks on, says RAMZY BAROUD
Latest editorial
Economic exploitation ensures structural racism will continue
Tackling endemic societal racism starts with improving health and life chances, which can only be achieved with the decent pay, terms and conditions that too many BAME working people are denied, says HELEN O’CONNOR
A woman passes a mural showing BAME medical, transport and construction workers, in Waterloo, London, following the introduction of measures to bring England out of lockdown
A new report by Amnesty International pulls no punches in highlighting the Labour government’s human rights violations of those on benefits, says Dr DYLAN MURPHY
With Reform UK surging and Labour determined not to offer anything different from the status quo, a clear opportunity opens for the left, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
A recent Immigration Summit heard from Lord Alf Dubs, who fled the Nazis to Britain as a child. JAYDEE SEAFORTH reports on his message that we need to increase public empathy with desperate people seeking asylum
By sticking together, working collectively and building the union, we can weather any uncertainty ahead, writes general secretary of Usdaw PADDY LILLIS
The announcement of a Women’s Justice Board should be cautiously welcomed, writes SABINA PRICE, but we need to see a recognition that our prison system is in crisis and disproportionately punishes some of the most vulnerable people in society
Cuba Solidarity Campaign secretary BERNARD REGAN says the inhuman blockade of Cuba not only continues, but the Donald Trump administration is ratcheting up aggression against both Havana and Latin America more widely
THE announcement that the Real Living Wage is set to increase by just 10p an hour in London is a kick in the teeth for the army of BAME workers delivering essential services that are getting us and our families through the pandemic.
It is worth noting that this pay offer from government is actually 50 per cent lower than it was in November 2019, and the underlying message this sends out is that many low-paid workers are being lined up to pick up the costs of this pandemic via the back door.
Research by the Resolution Foundation suggests there is a £3.2 billion pay gap for BAME workers in this country and there have been calls for big companies to reveal their ethnicity pay gaps.
More from this author
With fascists and their supporters cynically and falsely posing as ‘defenders of women,’ the left must take violence against women seriously and gain a better understanding of women’s oppression, warns HELEN O’CONNOR
As some celebrate a pay rise, outsourced, privatised workers face continued exploitation — ending this injustice by bringing them in-house must become a top priority for the labour movement, writes HELEN O’CONNOR
HELEN O’CONNOR sees a worrying trend of women exiting the labour movement in their thousands, and warns that if this tide is not stemmed with proper and effective action, it will only be to the benefit of the capitalist class
Far from being ‘more efficient’ and providing ‘choice,’ privateers taking over the public sector have worsened service delivery, and workers rights’ have been utterly compromised on the altar of corporate greed, warns HELEN O’CONNOR
