The ongoing floods in Pakistan could have been largely prevented, writes ABDUL RAHMAN
Change will only come from the streets
BEN SELLERS explains why Britain needs a People’s Charter now
TELL IT TO THE MARINES: Homelessness minister Felicity Buchan insists, on March 5 2024, that tackling homelessness remains a ‘huge priority’ for the Conservative Party while acknowledging that a rise in rough sleeping was ‘disappointing’
By escalating deportations and cutting remittances, Trump threatens to destabilise Latin American economies and exacerbate humanitarian crises. Ironically, this might trigger a new wave of migration, write JOHN PERRY and ROGER HARRIS
With foreign media banned from Gaza, Palestinians themselves have reversed most of zionism’s century-long propaganda gains in just two years — this is why Israel has killed 270 journalists since October 2023, explains RAMZY BAROUD
On the release of her memoir that reveals everything except politics, Sturgeon’s endless media coverage has focused on her panic attacks, sexuality and personal tragedies while ignoring her government’s many failures, writes PAULINE BRYAN
At 80, Elizabeth Morley wished she could join Palestine Action’s ladder-climbing but found her perfect protest at Defend Our Juries, proving Britain’s elders won’t be silenced despite government crackdowns, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports on the Israeli national strike as thousands call for an end to the war
IN TRUTH, this general election campaign has been a depressing spectacle.
Admittedly, anyone who has witnessed the devastation the Tories have wreaked on our economy and public services, with a noxious cocktail of anti-trade union legislation and dog-whistle racism, will cheer when they finally leave office. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.
But the tame fare from the official opposition means any celebrations will be short-lived.
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Everything we’ve seen so far from Starmer and Reeves indicates that they remain committed to the economic orthodoxy of cuts imposed by the Tories – which is why we need to revitalise the anti-austerity movement, says BEN SELLERS of the People’s Assembly
We don’t need a weak 2p tax bribe and councils collapsing nationwide: we need to build a mighty coalition to fight austerity and deliver public services for all, writes BEN SELLERS, national secretary of the People’s Assembly
Almost two hundred years on from the Tolpuddle Martyrs, the trade union movement is still having to fight attempts to delegitimise and criminalise its activities, writes BEN SELLERS
As living standards tumble, we mustn’t be fooled into thinking this is the natural order of things. By getting together we can fight back, writes BEN SELLERS
