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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Another day, another Trump attack – this time on farm workers
New plans will give agribusiness even more incentives to hire and exploit ‘guest workers,’ says MARK GRUENBERG
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
ANOTHER day, and another Donald Trump attack on workers on behalf of corporate crooks.
This time, the president’s targets are already among the most exploited toilers in the US — seasonal “guest workers” here on H2-A visas who travel from state to state, south to north, helping harvest the crops that land on our dining room tables.
Strawberries, cucumbers and tomatoes in Georgia and Florida in the late winter and spring, onions and potatoes and cranberries in New York and elsewhere in the summer.
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