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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No more Hiroshimas, no more Nagasakis
The US dropped two atomic bombs on Japan simply to demonstrate their capability, not for a quick victory – it can never be trusted with nuclear weapons, writes KATE HUDSON
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
SEVENTY FOUR YEARS ago today, the US dropped an atom bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later it dropped another on Nagasaki. Tens of thousands died instantly and many more over the subsequent weeks and months from toxic radiation.
By the end of 1950, over 340,000 were dead as a result of the two bombs.
Nuclear weapons are still with us, with all their appalling and much-increased killing potential. Not only are all nuclear weapons states modernising their arsenals, but the advent of Donald Trump in the White House has meant a shift in nuclear policy towards “usable” nuclear weapons – and an increase in the number of scenarios in which they may be used.
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