Mask-off outbursts by Maga insiders and most strikingly, the destruction and reconstruction of the presidential seat, with a huge new $300m ballroom, means Trump isn’t planning to leave the White House when his term ends, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
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Resist despair: learn from struggles in the global South
ROGER McKENZIE argues that facing Trump’s victory and global crises requires looking beyond failed Western organising models to successful resistance movements in the developing world
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BEN CHACKO speaks with Knesset member OFER CASSIF about rising political violence, the prospects for peace and his continuous ‘silencing by suspension’
The City is leaning on Rachel Reeves to cut welfare spending — when what’s needed is cuts to all the benefits given to the mega rich, corporations and banks to help them not pay or blatantly dodge their fair share of tax, explains BERNIE EVANS
The choice between two Blairites to revamp the tepid centrism of our ruling party doesn’t even come as cold comfort as we wander the city streets suffering from their third decade of austerity and the fifth of wage stagnation, writes MATT KERR
ANN HENDERSON looks at the trailblazers of the Women’s Trade Union League and their successful fight for female factory inspectors — a battle that echoes in today’s workplace campaigns
HENRY FOWLER puts the strike of public-sector workers in New Zealand in the wider context of deteriorating employment conditions throughout the world’s major economies
MAT COWARD looks back at a protest 105 years ago this month, whose reporting by the media bears uncomfortable similarities with demos today
I COULD allow myself to be consumed by a righteous rage for so many reasons.
The re-election of the tinpot despot Donald Trump in the US, the Israeli genocide against the Palestinians, the way that black lives simply don’t matter and the way that men try to control the reproductive rights of women.
Nobody reading this will need reminding that the US, a country built on genocide, enslavement and racism, does not see any of the thousand and one cruelties and deficiencies of Trump as any kind of deal-breaker for their vote. In fact, many appear to positively celebrate it!
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