Washington’s inability to subjugate Iran is an example of how it is trying to preserve a regional order that no longer exists, argues RAMZY BAROUD
Never before has the need for unions to stand and fight together been greater
As workers continue to pay the price for the government’s carelessness in its response to Covid-19, joint union activity is going to be vital, says PCS leader MARK SERWOTKA
Mark Serwotka calls for a focus on bread-and-butter issues
US financial instability is exposing the limits of a dollar-dominated global economy — and giving the Global South a historic chance to build an alternative, says MURAD QURESHI
DOUG NICHOLLS says the parasitic finance markets must be challenged or another British government could be toppled
The late country singer’s Imagination Library has put hundreds of millions of books into children’s hands. We should build on that legacy by defending the libraries at the heart of our communities, says BRENDA AITCHISON
Deprivation is a fundamental factor in criminal behaviour that must be addressed but, KENNY MacASKILL argues, there needs to a major rethink in sentencing to tackle overcrowding
MML director MEIRIAN JUMP outlines the recently refreshed library’s busy autumn schedule that ranges from book sales, archival exploration, community work with online education and the ever popular site tours
TONY BURKE surveys the shifting political landscape and the challenges Labour needs to address if it is to prevail in the 2028 federal elections
THIS government has totally failed to get a grip on the jobs crisis facing the country.
With a tsunami of job losses expected in the coming weeks and months, the government simply isn’t doing enough to prevent economic catastrophe for millions of people.
It’s crystal clear that the government is failing to meet the challenge it faces, and that’s why trade unions across the public and private sector must come together to defend our communities from its reckless incompetence.
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