Ecuador’s election wasn’t free — and its people will pay the price under President Noboa
Tory laissez-faire approach means more poverty and misery
The government is not even pretending to have an answer to the dire situation most of us face. Workers can’t wait for it to tackle the deepening cost-of-living crisis – we have to take action ourselves, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
esisting the new cost-of-living crisis will mean supporting anti-austerity demonstrations once more
Join the traditional march from Clerkenwell Green, which will bring together countless international workers’ organisations in a statement against the far right
The money tap to anti-Cuban agitators will never be shut off under Trump
Mountains of research show that hardcore material harms children, yet there are still no simple measures in place
We face austerity, privatisation, and toxic influence. But we are growing, and cannot be beaten
Trump’s economic adviser has exposed the actual strategy: forcing other countries to provide financial support for US hegemony
Activist Angie Zelter has been arrested more than a hundred times. She’s not stopping now, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
REPORTS this week — a fortnight before the Chancellor is due to give his Spring Statement — confirmed that households in Britain are set to suffer the worst overall decline in living standards for nearly 50 years.
Yet what is noticeable from the Tories is a complete lack of urgency when it comes to tackling the drastic and deepening cost-of-living crisis.
Millions of people face rocketing fuel bills, tax hikes and rising food prices, yet the Tories do nothing, showing that deepening poverty and insecurity are — as usual — not as important to the Tories as ensuring bigger private profits for their corporate billionaire backers.
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