Gloucestershire’s phlebotomists have brought their historic strike to a close after almost a year of action, leaving a legacy of determination – and a clear lesson about the power of solidarity in the face of anti-union laws and austerity, says FBU general secretary STEVE WRIGHT
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Internet conspiracy, is it replacing scientific facts?
When social media spreads anti-vax nonsense the only winner is the coronavirus, says PETER FROST
With more people dying each year and many spending their final days in institutions, researchers argue that wider access to palliative care could offer a more humane and cost-effective alternative, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
While public outrage has focused on the abuse committed within Jeffrey Epstein’s orbit, key questions remain unresolved, says JOHN GREEN
In the second part of her critique of Wes Streeting’s TenYear Plan for Health, HELEN MERCER looks at the central planks of this privatisation blueprint
Tens of thousands of students left their classrooms and took to the streets against conscription and rising military spending. NICK WRIGHT reports from Berlin
A call from the World Peace Council to the peace movements of the world
A COMMUNITY nurse working at my GP local practice told me a horrific story.
When giving infants their normal set of vaccinations she was surprised how many mums were refusing to have the injections because they had read on social media “that’s how children get the coronavirus.”
Last weekend anti-vax, anti-mask and anti-lockdown demonstrators met in Basildon to demand freedom from what they called “pandemic fascism.”
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