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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We need a huge stimulus for people and planet — not more cuts
RICHARD BURGON MP says a massive programme of state investment is the best way of getting the economy growing and tackling the numerous crises our communities face
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
THIS week’s budget should be judged by one key issue — whether it improves the living standards of the vast majority of people in this country. On that, it clearly failed.
Over the coming months, the poorest families will receive a £20 per week universal credit cut plunging half a million people, including 200,000 children, into poverty just as unemployment is expected to rise.
Key workers will be hit by ongoing real terms pay cuts despite their heroics throughout this crisis. While one million lower-paid workers will be forced into paying income tax as a result of stealth taxes imposed in the budget.
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