A recent Financial Times column on the Iran war exemplifies how the Western elite worldview is more concerned with strategy and power than legality or human life, writes ANDREW MURRAY
Covid-19 is revealing the true scale of the capitalist crisis
It is not bankers who will propel us through this crisis – but workers, says BECK ROBERTSON
Business tycoon Richard Branson (right) pictured here in 2016 with then prime minister David Cameron at the Farnborough International Airshow in Hampshire
STEVE BISHOP considers the prospects for a settlement of the conflict and how the demands of both sides are being viewed
The PM is drawing cautious distance from Donald Trump over Iran – but history suggests Britain’s support may run deeper than it appears, just as it did during the Vietnam war, says KEITH FLETT
Years of austerity and political failure have left classrooms overcrowded and staff overstretched – now educators are organising across roles to demand change, says ED HARLOW
While US restrictions tighten economic and social pressures on Cuba, international allies and grassroots campaigns are stepping in to support the island’s resilience, writes BERNARD REGAN, secretary of Cuba Solidarity Campaign
Labour’s approach to Scotland reveals a long-running tension between rhetoric and reality, warns PAULINE BRYAN
CORONAVIRUS is revealing the real face of capitalism, laying bare the staggering inequity that’s long festered in our society.
Now there’s nowhere for economic injustice to hide, as millions are made unemployed overnight, forced to rely on meagre government subsidy for their sustenance, while an underfunded health service struggles to cope.
The illusion of equity we‘ve long been labouring under is now being exposed as the fakery it always was, but the present situation is merely the tip of the iceberg.
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