Trump’s escalation against Venezuela is about more than oil, it is about regaining control over the ‘natural’ zone of influence of the United States at a moment where its hegemony is slipping, argues VIJAY PRASHAD
The money behind Labour’s ideological welfare cuts
Health Secretary Wes Streeting taking £53k from Tory-linked recruiter and outsourcer Peter Hearn’s OPD Group is a great example of how Labour’s rich donors shape policies targeting the poor – not their wealth, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
DON’T BLAME CLAIMANTS: People take part in a protest outside the Treasury ahead of the Chancellor’s Spring Statement, demanding taxes
on the super-rich instead of welfare cuts, London, March 25
Evidence suggests Lammy’s proposals would come at a high cost: reduced fairness, diminished trust and greater racial inequality in the criminal justice system, argue TARA LAI QUINLAN and KATHARINA KARCHER
From the workhouses of the 1840s to today’s market capitalism, A Christmas Carol remains a sharp critique of charity rationed by class, says KEITH FLETT
The argument for a “significant expansion” of nuclear power will deliver soaring electricity prices that condemn underserved communities to unending hardship and poverty, argues LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
The new plan sets out an uncompromising bid for global dominance, casting even allies as obstacles to be subdued, writes DIANE ABBOTT
As we approach the half-anniversary of the Grenfell tragedy, the community gathers to remember loved ones while grappling with mixed emotions surrounding the ongoing deconstruction of the tower and the hopeful plans for a memorial, writes EMMA DENT COAD
IT IS shocking to see Labour balancing the books on the backs of the poor and disabled. Even the cowed and compliant Labour MPs are wondering why Keir Starmer’s Cabinet claims there is a financial emergency that can only be solved by taking away PIP money or universal credit rather than taxing the rich.
But look at the register of MPs’ interests and it becomes perfectly obvious this is the fault of the poor and disabled themselves.
For example, Health Secretary Wes Streeting says that between now and December 2025 a company called OPD Group Ltd will be giving £53,000 in four instalments to help pay for “staffing costs in my constituency office.”
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