Israel continues to operate with impunity in what seems to be a brutal and protracted experiment, while much of the world looks on, says RAMZY BAROUD
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A new report by Amnesty International pulls no punches in highlighting the Labour government’s human rights violations of those on benefits, says Dr DYLAN MURPHY
With Reform UK surging and Labour determined not to offer anything different from the status quo, a clear opportunity opens for the left, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
A recent Immigration Summit heard from Lord Alf Dubs, who fled the Nazis to Britain as a child. JAYDEE SEAFORTH reports on his message that we need to increase public empathy with desperate people seeking asylum
By sticking together, working collectively and building the union, we can weather any uncertainty ahead, writes general secretary of Usdaw PADDY LILLIS
The announcement of a Women’s Justice Board should be cautiously welcomed, writes SABINA PRICE, but we need to see a recognition that our prison system is in crisis and disproportionately punishes some of the most vulnerable people in society
Cuba Solidarity Campaign secretary BERNARD REGAN says the inhuman blockade of Cuba not only continues, but the Donald Trump administration is ratcheting up aggression against both Havana and Latin America more widely
OUTSOURCING public services has time and again been shown to deliver poor quality at significantly greater expense, yet local authorities — particularly Tory ones — continue to contract out services, with predictable results.
Barnet residents have been fighting the Conservative-run council’s decision to outsource huge swathes of its public services to Capita for almost a decade — and are finally starting to see some results.
Barnet Council farmed out departments including highways, human resources and funerals to the notorious outsourcing giant under a decade-long contract worth around £32 million a year beginning in August 2013, despite huge public opposition.
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