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

THIS year’s TUC Congress is addressing the crucial issues facing working people in the entirely new situation of the pandemic.
There are huge challenges — how to ensure that working people don’t bear the economic burden of the pandemic; how to protect jobs and prevent mass unemployment; how to hold government to account for its catastrophic failure to protect people from the virus.
While we want to end the insecurity and limits of the pandemic, many of us don’t want to go back to how things were before, to a reality already blighted by a decade of austerity and increasing inequality.

Labour’s watered-down legislation won’t protect us from unfair dismissal or ban some zero-hours contracts until 2027 — leaving millions of young people vulnerable to the populist right’s appeal, warns TUC young workers chair FRASER MCGUIRE

Women are a vital part of the labour movement and have much to contribute, but there’s far more to be done to make sure that our sisters’ voices are truly heard, says PHILIPA HARVEY
