To defend Puerto Rico’s right to peace is to defend Venezuela’s right to exist, argues MICHELLE ELLNER
Seafaring unions quash employers’ wage-cut plan
Lead negotiator MARK DICKINSON reports on recent talks to establish a global minimum wage for seafarers
Despite the apocalyptic destruction RAMZY BAROUD points to Gaza’s triumph of spirit against the architecture of genocide
We are demanding action from our politicians to deliver justice, fairness and decency throughout our communities – join us, says ROZ FOYER
After NGOs and the EU, UN condemns Germany’s crackdown on Palestine Solidarity, writes LEON WYSTRYCHOWSKI
It’s not just the Starmer regime: the workers of Britain have always faced legal affronts on their right to assemble and dissent, and the Labour Party especially has meddled with our freedoms from its earliest days, writes KEITH FLETT
Once again Tower Hamlets is being targeted by anti-Islam campaigners, this time a revamped and radicalised version of Ukip — the far-right event is now banned by the police, but we’ll be assembling this Saturday to make sure they stay away, says JAYDEE SEAFORTH
AS negotiations to set the global minimum wage for seafarers drew to a conclusion, the shipowners made a shocking suggestion.
This is the moment, they announced, to disregard the International Labour Organisation (ILO) mechanism and cut the real value of the ILO minimum wage, currently set at $21.36 (£15.35) a day.
At almost the same time, AP Moller-Maersk, the container shipping giant that carries approximately one-fifth of global exports, issued a dramatic update of its own.
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