From Amazon’s monitored warehouse hell to delivery workers being paid per package, exploitative work destroys collaborative relationships young people need — more screen time and 12 new AI ‘friends’ will only make things worse, writes ALAN SIMPSON
Hunt sabs: British wildlife’s first line of defence
A day in the field seeing direct action in defence of wildlife first hand gave DAWN EVANS hope for the desperate fight to save biodiversity
'The sabs leapt into action. We drove down the country roads with assured confidence to various locations where, owing to their intimate knowledge of the terrain, the sabs knew the hunt was likely to head for.'
The Tatar rebel argued that Western workers could be bought off, so instead a ‘colonial international’ must form a dictatorship over Europe and the US, ideas that led to his expulsion from the Bolsheviks and eventual execution, writes EDMUND GRIFFITHS
HEATHER WOOD reports back from another packed annual Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival, where Palestinian flags flew high and solidarity with Birmingham’s striking refuse workers was central
Robinson successfully defended his school from closure, fought for the unification of the teaching unions, mentored future trade union leaders and transformed teaching at the Marx Memorial Library, writes JOHN FOSTER
A judge in a German court ruled that the ban activity imposed on renowned Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah was unlawful, reports LEON WYSTRYCHOWSKI
At the very moment Britain faces poverty, housing and climate crises requiring radical solutions, the liberal press promotes ideologically narrow books while marginalising authors who offer the most accurate understanding of change, writes IAN SINCLAIR
THE Cop15 UN Biodiversity Summit, billed as the last chance for the world’s ecosystems to be saved, is currently taking place in Montreal, running from December 7-19.
The summit’s statement of intent reads: “Governments from around the world will come together to agree on a new set of goals to guide global action…to halt and reverse nature loss.”
That is the aim — but shocking UN statistics reveal that over the last 40 years there has been over 70 per cent decline in wildlife globally, and scientists say that a million species are now at risk of dying out. Britain is among the bottom 10 per cent of the most nature-depleted countries with one in seven species at risk of extinction.
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