PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE explains why opposing war is inseparable from defending jobs, wages and public services – and why readers should come to the London Peace Conference on Saturday June 20
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Nobody wants to go ‘back to normal.’ Time for the left to step up
As we are asked to return to work, Britain has an understandable lack of trust in its government. But what alternatives are there — and which should the left fight for, asks KEVIN OVENDEN
As protests erupt over Henry Nowak’s murder, ANDREW MURRAY argues that anger is being exploited to advance a wider racist and anti-immigration agenda
CARLOS MARTINEZ explains the sound case for car manufacturing co-operation with China
The National Emergency Briefing outlines the need for urgent action to address environmental crisis, says PAUL DONOVAN, warning that there’s no time to indulge the arguments of the fossil-fuel-funded climate-change deniers
Campaigners say criticism of Labour MP Stephen Morgan’s position on Gaza has been met with police intervention and cancelled opportunities for debate. HESTER WOLFE reports
The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights warns of escalation danger in Iran war
IT’S anyone’s guess how many people who can work from home returned to offices this week under what has been a deluge of bullying from some Tory MPs and their friends in the media.
The government had not released figures by Friday morning, though it must have a rough idea from the real-time data generated by the mass transit systems in London and other cities.
Anecdotal evidence from unions representing transport and office workers suggests a trickle rather than a torrent.
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