BEN CHACKO speaks with Knesset member OFER CASSIF about rising political violence, the prospects for peace and his continuous ‘silencing by suspension’
Posties don’t want to strike this Christmas – but we are facing the fight of our lives
Royal Mail CEO Simon Thompson and those like him have driven workers to this action — and if we don't all fight back, the 500-year-old postal service we rely on will not be the only institution broken up for a quick buck, writes DAVE WARD
The choice between two Blairites to revamp the tepid centrism of our ruling party doesn’t even come as cold comfort as we wander the city streets suffering from their third decade of austerity and the fifth of wage stagnation, writes MATT KERR
HENRY FOWLER puts the strike of public-sector workers in New Zealand in the wider context of deteriorating employment conditions throughout the world’s major economies
MAT COWARD looks back at a protest 105 years ago this month, whose reporting by the media bears uncomfortable similarities with demos today
The Tricontinental Institute for Social Research explores the factors that are bringing today’s highly educated but often underemployed young people out onto the streets, from Chile, to Algeria, to Nepal
The nation’s leading second-hand socialist bookseller that has been running strong for 33 years is changing hands and expanding its vision — now is the time to get involved, buy, donate and support, writes ANDREW MURRAY
POSTAL workers are taking their 18th day of strike action today — and they do so with a heavy heart.
The CWU did what it could to avert a Christmas Eve strike. We offered to suspend these strikes and establish a period of calm until January 16, if Royal Mail would adopt a joint agreement incorporating its promise of no compulsory redundancies.
Royal Mail had dismissed our offer within hours — showing it was never serious about saving Christmas. It made these strikes inevitable and its attitude means more strikes will take place in the new year.
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