Once again Tower Hamlets is being targeted by anti-Islam campaigners, this time a revamped and radicalised version of Ukip — the far-right event is now banned by the police, but we’ll be assembling this Saturday to make sure they stay away, says JAYDEE SEAFORTH
Families are facing a summer of poverty
Schoolchildren are avoiding extra-curricular activities as they lack basic equipment and are arriving at school hungry. KEITH STODDART explains how the People’s Assembly Scotland is ready to support Scottish councillors who are standing against this injustice
URI WELTMANN reports on a day in the life of peace activists from Israel, travelling to help Palestinians in the West Bank harvest their olives under threat from settlers and soldiers
The independent TD’s campaign has put important issues like Irish reunification and military neutrality at the heart of the political conversation, argues SEAN MacBRADAIGH
Italian unions are mobilising against rearmament and for wages and investment – but left blunders still leave the ‘post-fascist’ Italian PM looking likely to keep her job, says NICK WRIGHT
New research into mutations in sperm helps us better understand why they occur, while debunking a few myths in the process, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
CAROL WILCOX argues for the proper implementation of the land value tax, which could see unused plots sold off and landlords priced out of landlordism, potentially resolving the housing and planning crises
A TRIP abroad for many these days may not seem like a big deal, but for one group of young Scots schoolchildren it was totally unexpected.
This was not a typical class outing — the four young primary pupils made the 1,800-mile round trip from their school to the grand halls of the United Nations human rights council.
The 10-year-olds were in Geneva to hear about the need to tackle poverty in Britain.
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