Donald Trump’s bid to seize Greenland has exposed the deep hypocrisy at the heart of Nato, the EU and US foreign policy, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Corporate Britain is cashing in
Once again workers are being forced to pay for a crisis not of their own making – but when our movement works together we can take on the unscrupulous employers, argues Unite leader SHARON GRAHAM
An aerial view of London's skyline
WILL PODMORE recommends an excellent and useful introduction to a lesser-known giant of the scientific revolution in Britain
ROBERT GRIFFITHS delivered the main political report to the Communist Party’s executive committee meeting last weekend. Here is the second of two articles based on his address
VIJAY PRASHAD details how US support for Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa allowed him to break the resistance of the autonomous Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
ALFIO BERNABEI says an Italian minister meeting the British far-right agitator in his ministerial office is an ominous sign of the times
Trump’s ‘Peace Council’ is not a peace project, but a war and colonial council that renews Western colonialism, writes SEVIM DAGDELEN
WHEN both the governor of the Bank of England and the Prime Minister called for “pay restraint” it was clear that workers were being set up for a fall.
Once again we were being asked to pay the price for a mess not of our making. With inflation hitting double figures and more, we are now in the midst of another crisis in the real economy — one that is attacking living standards.
The Establishment call for a national pay cut is consistent with the pattern of recent years. We know how the story goes.
A crisis of some kind ensues, that to resolve requires either real change to the economic order or for someone to lose out, and the Establishment picks what appears to be the easy option. Looting the workers.
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Behind the cute names of Scotland’s road gritters lies a workforce underpaid and overlooked – a fitting reflection of a Budget that protected profits, bungled its rollout and offered hardly a glimmer of hope, writes MATT KERR
The electorate see no evidence of the government’s promises of change, and the good jobs and decent pay that people are crying out for. Bold action is needed right now, warns SHARON GRAHAM
