By refusing to recognise a Palestinian state and continuing to supply Israel with weapons, Meloni has provoked an uprising that is without precedent in the history of solidarity with Palestine — and it could change Italy profoundly too, writes RAMZY BAROUD
Minimum Services Levels – Fighting for the Future
TSSA general secretary MARYAM ESLAMDOUST on the challenge posed by the Tories' attack on the right to strike
The new angle from private firms shmoozing their way into public contracts was the much-trumpeted arrival of ‘artificial intelligence’ — and no-one seemed to have heard the numerous criticisms of this unproven miracle cure, reports SOLOMON HUGHES
With the ceasefire and peace process now firmly in place for almost a decade, Colombia’s peace court has begun issuing its first sentences against both sides over human rights violations during the armed conflict, reports NICK MACWILLIAM
As war between Iran and the West looms once more, NAVID SHOMALI sounds the alarm bell and calls on the peace movement in Britain and internationally to mobilise for action before it is too late
A day of strike action is set to be unleashed today, against tax injustice, attacks on pensions and the anti-democratic manoeuvrings of Macron, writes BILL GREENSHIELDS
Once again, working people have been betrayed with false promises about jobs in an industry that is actually making climate change worse, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
THIS winter trade unionists have every right to feel discontent about the government on many fronts but especially the imposition of legislation which strikes at the heart of the basic right to strike.
The Tory government, bunkered in the bowels of Westminster, has rushed a new law through Parliament which will mean 40 per cent of normal passenger and infrastructure services being run in the event of a strike on the railways. We are not alone; many other sectors will be badly hit by the draconian Minimum Service Levels Act.
Not only have ministers failed to listen to our union, sister unions, a range of MPs and the Tory chair of the transport committee which carried out a full investigation; they are willingly ignoring the flashing warning signs in front of their very eyes.
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