Economists estimate extreme poverty could be drastically reduced for a fraction of global defence spending, yet military budgets continue to expand year on year, says JON TRICKETT MP, ahead of the Stop the War International Conference on Saturday
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Morality cannot be divided: how Netanyahu’s corruption has exposed Israel’s ‘democracy’
During his time as the longest-serving PM, he turned corruption into common practice — his impending slap-on-the-wrist sentence will cement it into the heart of the nation's political decline, writes RAMZY BAROUD
While other Israeli officials have been charged, tried and sentenced before for far less significant crimes, Netanyahu could potentially walk free, despite the fact that during his years in power, his illegal practices have turned corruption in Israel from a normal phenomenon into an epidemic
As Unison launches its Year of Women Workers, ANNIE COGAN-THOMAS argues that stronger organisation and collective bargaining are essential to winning equality
Trade unions, trades councils and community organisations must work together to build lasting solidarity and resistance to the far right, argues DREW GILCHRIST
Recent violence in Belfast was not spontaneous — it was built on years of failure and political neglect, argues STIOFAN O NUALLAIN
As delegates meet in Brighton this week, Unison faces pressing questions about pay, organising, workers’ rights and political representation, explains ANDY CHAFFER
Andy Burnham’s growing stature has fuelled hopes of a Labour revival – but ALAN SIMPSON warns that Britain’s crisis runs far deeper than just its leadership and traces its roots to decades of financialised capitalism
FORMER Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his prosecutors are reportedly finalising the details of a plea deal that would practically water down, shelve or drop altogether all three major corruption cases that led to his high-profile trial in May 2020.
If such news actualises, Israel would officially sink to a new low in terms of political nepotism and corruption.
News of the possible deal has, once more, placed the controversial Israeli politician back at the centre stage of media coverage.
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