NICK TROY lauds the young staff at a hotel chain and cinema giant who are ready to take on the bosses for their rights
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Even the right hopes for a better left
Conservatives and centrists alike are recognising that the free-market system they’ve promoted doesn’t work; the goal is seemingly open, should we choose to kick the ball, writes ANDREW MURRAY
THE WORD IS OUT: A City worker walks past an anti-capitalist protest against the financial crisis, central London, 2011
DYLAN MURPHY reports that far from helping people back into work, the sanctions regime is inflicting unnecessary trauma on working-class families
As Saudi Arabia is hailed abroad for its ‘reforms,’ the reality for women inside the kingdom grows ever more repressive. On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, MARYAM ALDOSSARI argues it is time to stop applauding the illusion – and start listening to the women the state works hardest to silence
With Petro, Colombia has been making huge strides towards peace — but is all that at risk with the elections next year? MARK ROWE reports back after joining a delegation to the Latin American country
With violence against women and girls reaching unprecedented levels – particularly in the north of England – Unison North West is driving a union-wide push for education, prevention and trauma-informed support, writes JOANNE MOORCROFT
Amid national economic decay and with a lack of coherent left-wing responses, far-right narratives on women’s safety and immigration have taken root in former Labour heartlands. The WOMEN’S LIBERATION ALLIANCE warns that only a renewed politics rooted in an understanding of class, race and sex can stem the rise of authoritarianism
NICK TIMOTHY was chief of staff to Theresa May during her floundering premiership. Now he is an even more worried man.
His new gig is writing for the Daily Telegraph, the readers of which are treated to a steady stream of apocalyptic warnings from its columnists. Mostly these blame familiar targets — the woke, the French, Brussels, the Civil Service “blob” — for impending calamity.
But Timothy has sprung a surprise. He blames the state of Britain squarely on capitalism. It is quite the indictment. He points out that businesses have been focused on pushing down wage rates, taking advantage of the weakening of trade unions to do so.
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