As women dominate public services yet face pay gaps, unsafe workloads and rising misogyny, this International Women’s Day and TUC Women’s Conference must be a rallying point, says ANDREA EGAN
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As the government quietly begins reviewing the BBC’s Royal Charter, the moment should be seized to refound the corporation as a truly democratic, regionally rooted public service, writes PAUL W FLEMING
Like the president in Wag the Dog, Donald Trump faces scandal at home and turns to conflict abroad. But the conflict with Iran risks igniting a regional inferno with global consequences, warns ROGER McKENZIE
With private investment weak and public infrastructure crumbling, the Spring Statement offered little to revive a stagnating economy, writes MICHAEL BURKE
The TUC’s NIKKI POUND says there are gains in the Employment Rights Act for women — but there’s a hell of a lot more to fight for
There are certain universal truisms in life, ineluctable facts that brook no dispute, chief among which is that the Establishment will always look after its own.
Thus, as 2015 draws to a close with further exhortations to mass slaughter and carnage, the Brits are still trying to cover up their crimes from 40 years ago.
This week the High Court in London ruled that seven former members of the Parachute Regiment — the original thugs in uniform — would not have to go to Northern Ireland to be interviewed by police over their role in the murderous events of Bloody Sunday.
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Why not pay a visit to Feile an Phobail, a people’s festival of community arts with roots in the days of internment without trial, and where the spirit of solidarity remains undimmed, says LYNDA WALKER
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