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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The coronavirus pandemic is fast becoming an argument for socialism
Even bitter enemies of China and Cuba concede that their Covid-19 responses have been heroic, writes ZOLTAN ZIGEDY
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
NOTHING exposes the hypocrisy, arrogance and selfishness of capitalism and its backers like a major threat or catastrophe.
Three-hundred Chinese doctors began arriving in Italy on Wednesday March 18 to help the local effort against the coronavirus (52 health professionals also arrived from socialist Cuba last week).
In addition, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is sending testing kits and protective clothing. PRC has sent kits and gear to Spain, Greece and Poland as well.
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