NICK TROY lauds the young staff at a hotel chain and cinema giant who are ready to take on the bosses for their rights
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A wealth tax is crucial in the transition to a fairer society
Not only is it morally right for wealth to be taxed at the same rate as income, but the government also has the potential to raise up to £174 billion a year by doing so, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE MP
DYLAN MURPHY reports that far from helping people back into work, the sanctions regime is inflicting unnecessary trauma on working-class families
As Saudi Arabia is hailed abroad for its ‘reforms,’ the reality for women inside the kingdom grows ever more repressive. On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, MARYAM ALDOSSARI argues it is time to stop applauding the illusion – and start listening to the women the state works hardest to silence
With Petro, Colombia has been making huge strides towards peace — but is all that at risk with the elections next year? MARK ROWE reports back after joining a delegation to the Latin American country
With violence against women and girls reaching unprecedented levels – particularly in the north of England – Unison North West is driving a union-wide push for education, prevention and trauma-informed support, writes JOANNE MOORCROFT
Amid national economic decay and with a lack of coherent left-wing responses, far-right narratives on women’s safety and immigration have taken root in former Labour heartlands. The WOMEN’S LIBERATION ALLIANCE warns that only a renewed politics rooted in an understanding of class, race and sex can stem the rise of authoritarianism
THE Covid-19 crisis is, of course, unprecedented in the scale of its economic and social disruption. Yet much of the unequal impact of the pandemic is because it is operating in a world in which half of global wealth belongs to the richest 1 per cent and in which global and regional inequalities are defined by racial, gender and class oppression.
Whilst billionaires increase their wealth and self-isolate on luxury yachts, workers in Leicester and across the world are forced to put themselves at risk in order to pay the bills.
We know that, as we rebuild from this crisis, we cannot sustain our fundamentally unequal social order. I believe that a wealth tax is crucial if we are to transition towards a fairer society.
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