ALAN SIMPSON offers a few pointers on dealing with the ongoing, Trump-led destruction of the norms of a rules-based international order established post-WWII
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Universal credit shows all you need to know about the ‘Nasty Party’
The Tories’ £20 cut to universal credit will be a social and economic catastrophe, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
The Morning Star publishes an edited transcript of a speech by NICOLAS MADURO GUERRA, a Venezuelan MP and son of Venezuelan President Maduro. The speech was given at the recent Voices from Venezuela event marking two months since Trump’s attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of President Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores on January 3
From the hills of the England–Wales border, our new fortnightly nature columnist MARK SEDDON reflects on rebellion, faith and the small dramas of rural life — from medieval fugitives to the quiet rescue of a bucket of tadpoles
While public outrage has focused on the abuse committed within Jeffrey Epstein’s orbit, key questions remain unresolved, says JOHN GREEN
KEITH FLETT argues that we need to stand up to those in power every single time they transgress
Gloucestershire’s phlebotomists have brought their historic strike to a close after almost a year of action, leaving a legacy of determination – and a clear lesson about the power of solidarity in the face of anti-union laws and austerity, says FBU general secretary STEVE WRIGHT
MEDIA reports late this week highlighted a private memo showing that the Tories’ £20 universal credit cut at the end of this month will be a “catastrophe” and “disaster of autumn.”
A government insider noted that analysis shows poverty, foodbank use and homelessness will spiral when the cut takes place — in a situation where it should be remembered we already have grotesque levels of all three.
Asked in July to publish the Department for Work and Penions impact assessment, Tory minister Will Quince astonishingly and complacently replied: “No assessment has been made,” but now we know that the Tories are fully aware of the human and social devastation they are set to cause — and it should be remembered it will hit the economy hard too at this delicate time.
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