Hundreds protested against the US-Israel attacks on Iran in Parliament Square on Saturday, fearing a wider conflagration and horrified by the targeting of young schoolchildren, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
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BEN SELLERS, of the Institute of Employment Rights, highlights how attempts to undermine workers’ security and curb collective action have remained a common theme over the years – but resistance remains a common theme too
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With this attack on Iran, Trump and Netanyahu are taking a reckless leap toward escalation. The region is balancing on the brink of a major war that could undermine the global economy and nuclear security, says MARC VANDEPITTE
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As Washington and Tel Aviv escalate their assault on Iran, the rhetoric of ‘great power’ politics masks a faltering empire resorting to familiar regime-change tactics, says JOHN McINALLY
Labour’s by-election defeat tells a story Scotland has known since 2008. A party that assumes loyalty while offering little more than managed decline will eventually discover that voters always have somewhere else to turn, says MATT KERR
FOR those of us in the labour movement, July is synonymous with two glorious celebrations of trade unionism. If you can’t be at both, you certainly have to be at one.
First comes the Durham Miners’ Gala, on the second Saturday of July, followed a week later by the Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival.
These are very different occasions, with distinct histories, but they are linked by a remembrance and respect for the power of collective struggle. There’s nothing like it.
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