Labour prospects in May elections may be irrevocably damaged by Birmingham Council’s costly refusal to settle the year-long dispute, warns STEVE WRIGHT
Far from the shallow now
Much of today’s economics has been driven by short-term profiteering. It’s why the planet is in the mess it is in, writes ALAN SIMPSON
HENRY FOWLER and ROB POOLE explain the significance of today’s Megapicket
One hundred years after 1.7m workers shut the country down in defence of the miners, the struggles that sparked the 1926 General Strike are still with us – and will be honoured on London’s May Day march this year, writes MARY ADOSSIDES
The Labour Growth Group and its think tank partner, the Good Growth Foundation, have taken funding from major lobbying firms linked to housebuilders, banks and Heathrow – raising questions about corporate influence at the heart of Starmer’s pro-growth project. SOLOMON HUGHES reports
The fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, a registered nurse and union member, has sparked nationwide protests and renewed calls from National Nurses United to dismantle Ice and related agencies, says MARK GRUENBERG
A Vatican photo-op, a hard-right donor and a rhetoric of mass deportations reveal how appeals to ‘Christian values’ are being reshaped by Reform and Tory MPs, says SOLOMON HUGHES
THE messages are no longer subtle. Yet still we fight shy of a recognition that the time for transformational change is now. It may be the only time.
The International Panel on Climate Change gives us 12 years to cut carbon emissions in half. As nations prepare for the climate conference in Poland, it is hard to know if anyone’s listening.
The good news about this challenge is that this is still doable. The bad news is that while national governments have lost the will to lead, social movements currently lack the means to do so.
This hasn’t stopped Extinction Rebellion from taking to the streets. In Australia, children too have stepped out of school, demanding that their parents’ generation (today’s politicians) stop the use of non-renewable energy before burning up their kids’ future.
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