New research into mutations in sperm helps us better understand why they occur, while debunking a few myths in the process, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
From Gaza to Ukraine, military escalation is unthinkable
The task of the anti-war movement is to prevent Labour taking us deeper into the abyss of war – and it’s a task that’s more urgent than ever, says LINDSEY GERMAN of Stop the War
Prime Minister Keir Starmer holds a press conference at the end of the Nato 75th anniversary summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, in Washington DC, US, July 11, 2024
CAROL WILCOX argues for the proper implementation of the land value tax, which could see unused plots sold off and landlords priced out of landlordism, potentially resolving the housing and planning crises
The ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans was based on evidence of a pattern of violence and hatred targeting Arabs and Muslims, two communities that have a large population in Birmingham — overturning the ban was tacit acceptance of the genocidal ideology the fans espouse, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
LINDA PENTZ GUNTER reports from the one of 2,700 protests against the Trump government’s power grabs, on a day when seven million people defied fear-mongering in a outpouring of joy and hope in what might be the biggest protest in US history
Our trust makes 3,200 home visits caring for 227 patients despite 198 Israeli checkpoints around Bethlehem; this compassion which transcends boundaries has lessons for the debate on end-of-life care in Britain too, writes FATHER GEOFF BOTTOMS
There is no chance of defending and renewing an NHS which is still savagely undermined by having to pay mark-ups of up to 23,000 per cent to Big Pharma — let’s take control of pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution, writes DREW GILCHRIST
WE CAN be assured of one thing at this year’s Labour conference: there will be continuity Tory policies from the government on matters of war, peace and arms spending. It meets against a background of a threatened invasion of Lebanon by Israel, compounding its genocidal war in Gaza.
Keir Starmer has made it clear that the support for Israel which lost him so many votes at the election is going to continue. He is also in the forefront of urging the US and European countries to allow Ukraine to use long-range missiles within Russia.
Both are escalations of already horrific wars. But the word “peace” barely passes the Prime Minister’s lips. Instead he wants to project himself as a “strong” leader — hence his trip to Washington to urge President Joe Biden to back greater missile use by Ukraine inside Russia. While he made the “tough choice” of cutting pensioners’ winter fuel allowance, thus consigning many of older people to misery and illness, when it comes to arms and “defence” spending, the sky’s the limit.
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