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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Brics: necessary, exciting, but ultimately limited
The need to balance the economic domination of the US has led to a coalition of emerging economies — but politically, it is far less coherent than the G7. That will be a problem, explains ANDREW MURRAY
TACTICAL ALLIANCE: (From left) Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, China’s President Xi Jinping, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the 2023 Brics summit
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
UNBRIDLED US power has brought endless misery to the world. The post-cold war “unipolar moment” has been marked by bloody wars of aggression and the imposition of neoliberal economics across the globe, with the 2008 crash as its memorial.
The good news is that the power of Washington is passing, albeit too slowly. The military defeats in Iraq and Afghanistan and the banking crisis will be inscribed on its tombstone. The US is a declining power.
Opposition to US imperialism and, by extension, its British helpmate, remains central to progressive politics across the world. Diverse political options can only mature outside its shadow.
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