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The US-Israeli strikes against Iran are part of a decades-long war against the Islamic Republic which has refused to bow to US demands that it surrender its sovereignty, argues VIJAY PRASHAD
The TUC’s NIKKI POUND says there are gains in the Employment Rights Act for women — but there’s a hell of a lot more to fight for
Scotland’s deepening crises expose the human cost of political complacency — and the toll it is taking on working-class communities, says NEIL FINDLAY
KENNY MacASKILL looks at the extraordinary political commitment of a Church of Scotland minister’s wife
History shows from Iraq to Libya, and now Iran, that regime-change fantasies rarely deliver stability — but they always deliver human and economic cost, says MARYAM ESLAMDOUST
THE gig economy traps people in precarious work, the hostile environment leaves people uncertain of their status in Britain and “no-fault evictions” mean tenants face being put out on the streets with just a couple of months notice.
Labour has thankfully pledged to ban zero-hours contracts, reverse government hostility to migrants and guarantee secure tenancies if and when they take power.
But in the meantime Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 allows private landlords in England to kick tenants out without giving a reason.
