Netanyahu’s failed attempt to replace Shin Bet’s chief violates longstanding Israeli political taboos, as the apartheid state’s internal power struggle spirals to a new level of crisis while Gaza burns, writes RAMZY BAROUD
Latest editorial
It is time for sanctions to stop Israel’s war on Palestine
We need to demand real action from the British government as part of global pressure to force Israel to end its war on the Palestinian people, says RICHARD BURGON MP
It is time for sanctions to stop Israel’s war on Palestine
Following the historic ban on companies profiting from children’s care, Unison Cymru calls for transparency in implementing the changes and extending the reform to create a truly national, profit-free care service, says MARK TURNER
The left must confront both far-right bigotry and the undeniable problems the exploitation of migrant workers by the ruling class creates — but there are few lessons from the global left on how to strike this balance, laments NICK WRIGHT
STEPHAN BLUM presents the evidence that wine was enjoyed by common folk, independent of upper-class celebrations and religious rituals
The series unveils uncomfortable truths about youth alienation and online radicalisation — but the real crisis lies in austerity and the absence of class consciousness in addressing young people’s disillusionment, says teacher ROBERT POOLE
Our delegation found a small but brave and bold socialist nation that has withstood imperialist machinations and poisonous slander to make impressive leaps in healthcare and women’s rights, reports VETERANS FOR PEACE
Born from my communist social worker mother’s efforts to bridge healthcare gaps, Labour’s push for home-based care now risks becoming another avenue for the US corporate takeover of the NHS, writes RICHARD CLARKE
AS I write, Palestinians are embarking on a general strike against Israel’s current war on Gaza and the wider occupation, colonial settlements and human rights abuses that dominate the lives of Palestinian people.
Huge numbers of Palestinians both inside of the occupied territories as well as those living in Israel itself have joined the strike in a tremendous show of unity for their common goal of a Palestinian state and a life free of Israeli state oppression.
Palestine has the right to exist but it is a right that successive Israeli governments have made less and less feasible — both through the direct military assaults, as we are seeing on Gaza right now, but also through decades of land grabs, expulsions of people from their homes and military checkpoints that determine where Palestinians can and can’t move.
More from this author
RICHARD BURGON MP argues that a broad, united mass movement can stop the cuts and ensure it’s the wealthiest that pay their fair share
RICHARD BURGON MP says the government should use the Employment Rights Bill to reverse a shameful Tory decision on discrimination
RICHARD BURGON MP, who voted against the cut to winter fuel allowance, warns against a return to austerity, introducing his ideas that could raise billions to properly fund public services and boost wages instead
RICHARD BURGON MP lays out a plan for taxes on the wealthy as an alternative to yet more Tory austerity