Gloucestershire’s phlebotomists have brought their historic strike to a close after almost a year of action, leaving a legacy of determination – and a clear lesson about the power of solidarity in the face of anti-union laws and austerity, says FBU general secretary STEVE WRIGHT
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And still the stupid deny climate change
PETER FROST thinks we can learn something from Australia’s devastating forest fires
With more people dying each year and many spending their final days in institutions, researchers argue that wider access to palliative care could offer a more humane and cost-effective alternative, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
While public outrage has focused on the abuse committed within Jeffrey Epstein’s orbit, key questions remain unresolved, says JOHN GREEN
In the second part of her critique of Wes Streeting’s TenYear Plan for Health, HELEN MERCER looks at the central planks of this privatisation blueprint
Tens of thousands of students left their classrooms and took to the streets against conscription and rising military spending. NICK WRIGHT reports from Berlin
A call from the World Peace Council to the peace movements of the world
NOT too long ago I spent a month following the annual whale migration up the east coast of Australia. We started from Adelaide in South Australia, through Victoria and New South Wales, on up to the nearly the most northerly tip of Queensland.
Travelling by camper van at every campsite the first thing we and every other camper checked was the latest fire status. Huge moving arm signs everywhere gave the latest up-to-date state of the risk of forest fires. Australians took these warnings very seriously and recent catastrophic events down under show they were right to do so.
The recent fires have already caused nearly thirty human deaths with many more still to be discovered when rescue teams can safely access burnt out houses. Millions of dollars worth of housing stocks, other buildings and infrastructure as well as huge losses on farms need to be added to the cost of the disaster.
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