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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Donald Trump’s quitting of the UN human rights council is one sign of his wilful attempts to make the most racist ideas respectable, writes LINDSEY GERMAN
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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
THE decision of US President Donald Trump to quit the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) this week has hardly contributed to improving his image as someone who cares about these questions.
His ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, has described the UNHRC as “a cesspool of political bias.”
Haley has form for abusive and confrontational behaviour in the UN, defending Israel to the hilt and using every opportunity to attack those the US deems its enemies, from Iran to Venezuela.
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