Israel and the US talk as if they’ve won a victory, but the reality is that world opinion has turned decisively against the Israeli regime, says RAMZY BAROUD
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Northern England fights back
TUC Northern regional secretary LIZ BLACKSHAW introduces this weekend’s conference which will address the growing crisis of rising costs and stagnant pay with plans for action
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SOLOMON HUGHES finds one-time Cameron-centrist EU fans now promote vicious anti-migrant rhetoric in their bid to get attention for their ailing party
From terrifying the children of immigrants to pepper-spraying frogs, the US under Trump is rapidly descending into mayhem, writes Linda Pentz Gunter
Farage and other Reform-ers keep pointing to Dubai’s immigration policy – but there migrants make up most of the population and do all the work without any rights, muses SOLOMON HUGHES
Modi has rolled out the carpet for the Taliban in New Delhi — and we shouldn’t be surprised. They have more in common than you might think, argues Bhabani Shankar Nayak
HUGH LANNING says there is no path to peace without dismantling Israel’s control over Palestinian land, lives and resources
TUC NORTHERN is delighted to welcome our affiliate unions from across north-east England and Cumbria for the first time since the pandemic began.
Our 2022 regional conference has a packed agenda, a full conference hall and over 25 unions, trades councils and supporting organisations in attendance. It is promising to be a lively day.
It is such a timely conference too. We all now know from the Spring Statement that, once again, working people are going to bear the brunt of rising global prices and the impact on local pricing will increase every household bill as a consequence.
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