A Dutch investigation found seven internationally renowned Holocaust and genocide experts, including Israelis, concluded Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute genocide, despite a campaign of denial and disinformation from the US state, writes TERRY HANSEN
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Under cover of war, the Tory government is increasing its attacks on working people
As we head into the 14th year of austerity, it’s clear that the government’s economic policy has failed and workers and the poor are left paying for a crisis that they did not cause, argues DIANE ABBOTT MP
A group of people thought to be migrants are brought into Dungeness, Kent. The small boats ‘crisis’ is being used by the Tories to distract from the economy and rocketing cost of living
The horrors in the Congo have much in common with Gaza’s genocide, most notably the financial and military support of the US, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
MIKE COWLEY welcomes half a century of remarkable work, that begins before the Greens and invites a connection to — and not a division from — nature
ANDREW MURRAY recommends a volume of essays that nail the visionless, racist and neoliberal character of policy under Starmer’s Labour Party
JONATHAN TAYLOR appreciates how, for a black British musician, to walk onstage can be a rebellious act
Since 2023, Strike Map has evolved from digital mapping at a national level to organising ‘mega pickets’ — we believe that mass solidarity with localised disputes prepares the ground for future national action, writes HENRY FOWLER
THE whole world is quite rightly focused on the assault on Gaza. It is also the main issue in British politics.
But under cover of war, the British government is engaged in a series of attacks on working people, their rights and their living standards. These attacks must not go unanswered.
In short succession we had the King’s Speech which was notable for ditching the means to meet commitments on net zero. There were also threats to widen minimum service level agreements, with the aim of making public-sector strikes almost impossible.
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