The US Republican administration has wasted no time in tightening the economic vice on the Caribbean island, with State Department officials making it clear that the aggression is only just beginning, writes NATASHA HICKMAN
Latest editorial
The Tory laws we need to overturn for women to reach their full potential
Almost a decade of right-wing policies have had a devastating impact on services, pay, housing and health. A transformative change is needed for women and our wider communities, says RUTH HAYES
Any positives from the government’s green paper proposals are vastly overshadowed by the scale of the cuts to vulnerable low-income households, argues JENNY RATHBONE MS
While the council can generate much-needed income with this new charge, making the city sustainable and affordable for its all-important workers needs a wider approach that’s not just focused on tourism, writes IAN MacCORQUODALE
With young people, the disabled and the elderly in Labour’s sights as ‘easy targets’ for cuts, the labour movement must remember it’s in the vital interests of us all to defend the groups being picked off, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
SOPHIE BOLT explains why Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament is organising a national protest tour at nuclear bases, starting with a demo at BAE shipyard in Barrow, where Starmer and Healey have been banging the drum for war
The Employment Rights Bill is a vital opportunity to rebalance power between workers and employers. As it passes to the Lords, pressure must be brought to bear to strengthen this key legislation, argues ANDY McDONALD MP
The arrest of Palestinian activist and former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil is just the beginning as the Trump administration moves to silence students and union members who support Palestine, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
IT IS easy to feel overwhelmed by the cumulative impact of a decade of austerity on women, and to restrict our vision of what could be possible.
The scale is staggering — as Dawn Butler MP has highlighted, 86 per cent of the government’s spending cuts have fallen on women.
The results are more and more visible: street homelessness is rising disproportionately rapidly among women, the majority of foodbank users are women, and the gender pay gap is over 18 per cent, with women making up almost three-quarters of part-time workers.
More from this author
RUTH HAYES outlines how unions’ policies on public ownership, investment and a just transition to a sustainable future already offer an alternative to what the Labour government has planned — if we are willing to force its hand
The Tories have tried to divide striking workers from the wider public, but in reality we have common cause, says RUTH HAYES, as Unite bus workers take industrial action
Similar stories
Despite progress made on the shoulders of radical women from the past, the gendered impact of austerity and the cost-of-living crisis requires bold action from Labour to address inequality, says REBECCA LONG-BAILEY MP
As the government ploughs ahead with £3 billion in welfare cuts, arbitrary office-return mandates, and below-inflation pay rises, women will bear the brunt through deepening poverty and increased caring burdens, argues FRAN HEATHCOTE
There’s no room for feminists to be complacent about the growth of extremism and misogyny worldwide, warns HAILEY MAXWELL
Persistent inequality for women shows we still have a long way to go, but Wales TUC leader SHAVANAH TAJ is confident we can build a fairer country when we work together