The truth will out: we are here to unveil the full scale of the government’s complicity in genocide and to hold it to account for the monstrous bloodshed in Palestine, writes JEREMY CORBYN
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Covid-19 shows how vital reliable, trustworthy news is
NUJ leader MICHELLE STANISTREET explains the union’s priorities amid difficult times – including fairness for freelances, making the tech giants pay their way and tackling bullying of journalists
As the Alliance of Sahel States and southern African nations advance pan-African goals, the African Union must listen and learn rather than parroting the Western line on these positive developments, writes ROGER McKENZIE
KEITH BENNETT reflects on witnessing the grand parade in Beijing marking the 80th anniversary of China’s Victory Day, which impressively showcased advanced military technology
While 69 per cent of Ukrainians want negotiated peace, Western leaders are cynically prolonging the war for their own strategic and economic goals, to the immense detriment of Ukraine and Europe, write BOB ORAM and MAGGIE SIMPSON
Zarah Sultana’s recent brave criticisms of Labour from 2015 to 2020, including Brexit triangulation, IHRA capitulation and insufficient fighting spirit, have ruffled feathers but started an essential discussion, writes ANDREW MURRAY
US baseless accusations of drug trafficking and the outrageous putting of a bounty on a president of a sovereign country do not bode well, reports PABLO MERIGUET
WHEN the pandemic hit last spring, and unprecedented restrictions soon followed, it became clear that the immediate impact on the news industry was going to be stark.
The NUJ successfully ensured that newsgatherers were classed as key workers, able to move around as necessary for their work, and we worked with the industry and government to solve problems and negotiate a boost of advertising revenue for newspapers.
Our officials and reps were inundated with industrial work, dealing with furloughs and lay-offs — as ever, certain employers were keen to use the crisis as an excuse for redundancies.
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