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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From the odious treatment of refugees to police strip-searching of a 15-year-old-child, institutionalised racism is ever-present and needs to be confronted and defeated, writes SABBY DHALU on UN Anti-Racism Day
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
TODAY’S “March Against Racism” marking UN Anti-Racism Day organised by Stand up to Racism, supported by the TUC and affiliated unions, could not be more timely. The last few days have exposed the distressing racist sexual abuse, degradation and humiliation that a black girl known as “Child Q” was forced to endure by police officers.
The government also recently published its Inclusive Britain report which failed to reject the discredited Commission for Race and Ethnic Disparities (CRED) “Sewell” report or address institutional racism and problems in policing highlighted by the Child Q case.
A few days ago another boat capsized near the coast of Libya in the Mediterranean Sea, leaving 19 African and Middle Eastern refugees dead and only four survivors, but was met with very little media coverage let alone outrage and compassion.
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