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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Racism plays a role: not learning from the East is costing British lives
Instead of chauvinism towards China, we must learn from China. All anti-racists have a duty to campaign for the government to adopt the Chinese approach that saves the maximum number of lives, writes SABBY DHALU
In Britain and the US, instead of learning from China, we are seeing racism towards China.
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
LAST Saturday we marked UN Anti-Racism Day and the 60th anniversary of the Sharpeville massacre in apartheid South Africa. The heroic struggle led by Nelson Mandela, the ANC and the massive show of international solidarity culminated in the defeat of the racist regime in South Africa.
But the most immediate issue confronting humanity today is the outbreak of Covid-19 — and anti-Chinese racism is quite literally costing people’s lives. A distinctly different approach to tackling the virus is being taken in the US and Britain to that of China, South Korea and other European counties, with deadly consequences.
In Britain and the US, instead of learning from China, we are seeing racism towards China. At the time of writing Britain’s cumulative rate of death is exceeding that of Italy, which is so far Europe’s worst affected country, and Boris Johnson’s government is still preparing for the outbreak to last until spring 2021.
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The NHS continues to say Covid spreads primarily through ‘droplet and touch’ while the WHO emphasises airborne transmission, meaning vulnerable patients and healthcare workers face unnecessary risks, reports RUTH HUNT
