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While international actors discuss governance and reconstruction, Netanyahu has made it clear that Israel has no intention of ending its military occupation, says RAMZY BAROUD
‘Sir’ Pickles still dining out on Britain’s housing crisis
As the former communities minister pours himself into a tuxedo to backslap developers, millions are still suffering from his policies, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
NICK WRIGHT continues his series analysing the trends in European politics
We have the alternative economics, histories of our struggles and the confidence to change the world
General Federation of Trade Unions assistant general secretary HENRY FOWLER reports on the final day from the GFTU’s residential Summer School at the Workers’ Retreat, Quorn Grange Hotel
Capitalism has exploited — and polluted — our natural resources for too long, it’s time we treated our rivers as living beings, writes MIRIUM GAUNTLETT, LIAM SHAW and ROX MIDDLETON
Treating the Clacton by-election as a joke risks reinforcing the Reform leader’s claim to be the victim of an out-of-touch Establishment, argues JOHN McINALLY
MPs and others called for the urgent release of tortured Palestinian doctor, Hussam Abu Safiya, held hostage by Israel and reportedly near death, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
HOW the mighty have fallen: Eric Pickles was a cabinet minister in charge of local government — including the vital housing brief — from 2010 until David Cameron sacked him last May, straight after the election.
Now Pickles is reduced to scrabbling around for the odd £2,000 hosting back-slapping awards ceremonies for property developers.
That’s two grand on top of Pickles’s £67,000 salary (plus expenses) for being MP for Brentwood and Ongar.
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Building is the solution for much of our housing crisis – and will also help to address poverty, ill health, and even anti-social behaviour and alienation, writes KENNY MacASKILL
CAROL WILCOX argues for the proper implementation of the land value tax, which could see unused plots sold off and landlords priced out of landlordism, potentially resolving the housing and planning crises
