The proxy war in Ukraine is heading to a denouement with the US and Russia dividing the spoils while the European powers stand bewildered by events they have been wilfully blind to, says KEVIN OVENDEN
Don't be fooled – Tory anti-strike laws have nothing to do with safety
On Workers’ Memorial Day, COLIN BROWN of FBU Scotland says Tory cuts have put workers’ lives at risk year after year
One can only imagine what would happen if 2.2 million Palestinian refugees were pushed into Jordan, Egypt and other Arab countries, per Trump’s proposal, writes RAMZY BAROUD
This is the most anti-migrant government in decades, argues RAVISHAAN RAHEL MUTHIAH
VICTOR GROSSMAN reports, with a little chuckle, on how US readiness to work with Russia, not just on peace for Ukraine, has thrown a spanner into the German electoral machine
SOLOMON HUGHES probes the finances of a phoney ‘charity’ pushing the free schools and academies agenda
Freedom now for former PM Mir-Hossein Mousavi and other political prisoners
VIJAY PRASHAD examines why in 2018 Washington started to take an increasingly belligerent stance towards ‘near peer rivals’ – Russa and China – with far-reaching geopolitical effects
THE Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has seen the attacks on workers’ rights contained in the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill coming for some time.
For years, His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services and the National Fire Chiefs Council have sought to attack firefighters’ ability to collectively bargain.
They have argued for chief fire officers to have full operational independence, effectively allowing chief fire officers to force through changes to firefighters’ contracts and the work they do, without negotiation or any meaningful collective bargaining.
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There is now proof from the highest bodies that we are exposed to contaminants, cancers and diseases, and die from them at a far higher rate than the general public, but no action is being taken to support us, writes COLIN BROWN