A call from the World Peace Council to the peace movements of the world
There’s no debate now: humans are socialist not selfish — so let’s take control
What workers are ‘essential’? All workers are essential. This crisis has shown workers their real strength — and the left must rush to solidify those gains, writes DOUG NICHOLLS
Wembley Arch is illuminated in blue to show its appreciation to the NHS amid the coronavirus outbreak in London
DR HANA SAADA asks why a war crime against innocent children on this scale does not dominate the world’s coverage of the US-Israeli war on Iran
From the colonial oil plunder of 1909 to the current threat of a regional inferno: Western interference in Iran forms a chain of coups, puppets, and cynical geopolitics centered on oil, says MARC VANDEPITTE
As tensions escalate over Iran, CAROL MOCHAN MSP argues that Britain must finally learn from the disastrous legacy of Iraq and choose diplomacy over another catastrophic conflict
While Wes Streeting claims Britain lacks a growth strategy, his own NHS plans reveal one – turning the health service’s vast troves of patient data into a commercial asset for tech giants, investors and private healthcare firms, says HELEN MERCER
The mass killing of Iranian schoolgirls should have dominated global headlines. Instead it became another example of how civilians — especially women and children — are targeted in war, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
ADDING 8,000 beds from the private healthcare sector and some 20,000 staff was essential. It reminds us that private healthcare provision couldn’t even scratch the surface of caring for the nation’s health needs.
It reminds us too that healthcare professionals are not just brave and skilled but bound ethically to enhancing and saving life regardless of any characteristics of their patients other than their common humanity.
Compare this with bankers and big corporate capitalists. Hopefully their house cleaners will be working from their own homes and emailing instructions on how to dust.
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RICHARD CLARKE recommends a hugely valuable text for those seeking theoretical analysis and practical action to defend public services