The massacre of Red Crescent and civil defence aid workers has elicited little coverage and no condemnation by major powers — this is the age of lawlessness, warns JOE GILL
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Public libraries are sanctuaries which facilitate the exploration of the universe of ideas for free for those curious enough. ROGER McKENZIE advocates their protection against authoritarian incursions, US style
Trump’s recent executive order ends union rights for a large number of federal workers, citing national security concerns after some unions vowed to oppose the massive cuts proposed by the new administration, writes PEOPLE’S DISPATCH
JOE BESWICK of the London Renters Union talks to the Morning Star’s new Left on Record programme
The unnecessarily violent police intervention at a Quaker place of worship is a PR disaster and will only serve to deepen the chasm between them and the public. SYMON HILL reports
ANDREW MURRAY wonders whether recent opinion polling and a fresh local authority by-election result in Ilford are an indication that the time is ripe for the left to make inroads
Due to the actions of this government, the challenges facing those with disabilities, such as spinal cord injuries, are nigh on insurmountable, argus RUTH HUNT
On Friday July 20 a “private roundtable discussion” was held in Belfast in the Shankill Women’s Centre, hosted by Houston Solutions on behalf of the People’s Vote Campaign.
Labour peer Andrew Adonis was present to put the case for a People’s Vote Campaign (PV) on Brexit, the same PV campaign that organised a poll of Unite members, which, according to them, showed that “57 per cent of members backed a public vote on Theresa May’s final Brexit deal, while 34 per cent are opposed.”
The poll paid for by the PV involved slightly over 900 of Unite’s 1.4 million members, or 0.06 per cent.
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