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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Britain should commit itself to non-interference and peaceful co-existence
LIBERATION is keen to see that any new prime minister commits to an agenda based upon respect for human rights, support for UN development goals, no arms sales to dictatorships and opposition to British intervention in foreign conflicts
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 escalation in military expenditure over recent years to maintain a commitment to Nato of defence spending at 2 per cent of the GDP, has seen Britain engaged in a range of armed conflicts such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and Syria.
British weapons have been at the core of the bombardment of Yemen since 2015 by the Saudi-led coalition, creating one of the world’s worst ever humanitarian disasters.
The “global Britain” policy of outgoing PM Boris Johnson, has been central to the concept of British intervention beyond British borders. Deployment of aircraft carriers in the South China Sea, well outside any reasonable definition of Britain’s “sphere of interest,” potentially puts Britain in the front line in any conflict with China.
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