‘We want to thank Jeff Bezos for going to space because while he was up there, we were organising a union,’ Amazon Labour Union founder Chris Smalls says
34 years ago Saddam Hussein gassed thousands of Kurds as part of his blood-soaked Anfal campaign. Today STEVE SWEENEY sees parallels with the alleged use of chemical weapons by Turkish despot Recep Tayyip Erdogan
On World Social Work Day, Steve Sweeney talks to JOHN McGOWAN, general secretary of the Social Workers Union, about the challenges facing the sector caused by increasing poverty and why specialised unions have a lot to offer
STEVE SWEENEY puts the killing by the US of Isis leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Quraishi into the wider political context of imperial designs for this part of the world
The family of Rizgar Hussein attempt at the perilous crossing from France to Britain last month ended in tragedy. STEVE SWEENEY, who had met them, looks at the political background that leads tens of thousands to escape poverty and oppression
Speaking to survivors on the ground in Lebanon, STEVE SWEENEY documents the events and legacy of the 1982 genocide of Palestinians carried out by Christian Phalangists with the support of Israel
This volume reveals the many complexities of the struggle of the Kurds, whose aspirations have been systematically ignored by the international community, writes STEVE SWEENEY
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