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Fund our public services – campaign for peace
For the sake of our futures, trade unionists must make the link between austerity at home and never-ending war abroad, writes MICAELA TRACEY-RAMOS
YOUTH PRIORITY: School and university students takes part in a School Strike for Palestine walkout in George Square, Glasgow
The world’s largest communist party marked its 105th birthday this week — and remains true to its principles and firm in its course, says OLIVER VARGAS
The left has become too reliant on persuasion and too detached from the workplaces and communities it seeks to represent, argues NICK TROY
RAMZY BAROUD highlights how Israel’s ambassador sought to shut down UN officials documenting sexual violence and abuses against Palestinians
The US-Israeli conflict with Iran has had far-reaching consequences, including a boost to Pakistan’s regional standing, argues ROGER McKENZIE
The recent heatwaves revealed how ill-prepared Britain remains for a hotter future – and how unequal the ability to cope with it has become, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
The drive to strengthen European defence is reshaping relations between France, Germany, Italy and Britain, says NICK WRIGHT
AS A young person in Britain, the future may seem bleak. The job market is more and more precarious, there is an ongoing housing crisis and the cost of living is still on the rise and it is young people who bear the brunt of this.
At the same time, our public services are being completely decimated. As a representative of all young workers in Unison, Britain’s largest public services union, our members are overworked, their workplaces understaffed and they are underpaid.
Under the current system, young people are offered nothing more than a world that is embroiled in open war which is leading to further deaths, destruction, displacement and the danger of increased conflict. The ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza has seen thousands of children and young people killed.
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