DR HANA SAADA asks why a war crime against innocent children on this scale does not dominate the world’s coverage of the US-Israeli war on Iran
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Let’s remember the dead and fight for a society fit for the living
As the bodies stack up, the slogan for International Workers’ Memorial Day — “remember the dead and fight for the living” — feels even more poignant than usual this year, writes RICHARD BURGON MP
NHS staff observe the minute's silence on Workers' Memorial Day this week
A call from the World Peace Council to the peace movements of the world
JOHN GREEN argues that the spreading practice of closing bank account without proof of criminality is an infringement of an elementary human right
SEVIM DAGDELEN asks why the European Union is targeting the Swiss academic Jacques Baud, cutting off his access to banking services
IAN SINCLAIR looks at how we are made to swallow, without question, the porkies fed to us by the mass media
Be sure to get your orders in for the Together Alliance demo on March 28, says circulation manager BERNADETTE KEAVENEY
AS THE daily death toll mounts, government failures in its response to coronavirus are exposed more and more. Workers on the front line have paid the price with their lives, as have far too many others.
Yet, appallingly, the Prime Minister on his return to work spoke of the “apparent success” of his government in tackling coronavirus. That’s despite Britain being on track to have one of the world’s highest death tolls.
Adjusted for population, we have four times more deaths than Germany, over 60 times more deaths than South Korea and over 75 times those in Australia and New Zealand. If this is success what would failure look like?
The reality is that the government has been behind the curve from the start. Failure after failure has cost lives — and the Labour Party and wider movement must be clear in pointing this out if we are to secure the changes needed to prevent further loss of life.
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