The proxy war in Ukraine is heading to a denouement with the US and Russia dividing the spoils while the European powers stand bewildered by events they have been wilfully blind to, says KEVIN OVENDEN
The future of the NHS is on the line
As a member-led union, Unison must put pressure on Labour as the likely party of the next government to defend our health service as a vital public service, says IAIN MOONEY
One can only imagine what would happen if 2.2 million Palestinian refugees were pushed into Jordan, Egypt and other Arab countries, per Trump’s proposal, writes RAMZY BAROUD
This is the most anti-migrant government in decades, argues RAVISHAAN RAHEL MUTHIAH
VICTOR GROSSMAN reports, with a little chuckle, on how US readiness to work with Russia, not just on peace for Ukraine, has thrown a spanner into the German electoral machine
SOLOMON HUGHES probes the finances of a phoney ‘charity’ pushing the free schools and academies agenda
Freedom now for former PM Mir-Hossein Mousavi and other political prisoners
VIJAY PRASHAD examines why in 2018 Washington started to take an increasingly belligerent stance towards ‘near peer rivals’ – Russa and China – with far-reaching geopolitical effects
THIS year’s Unison national delegate conference takes place just weeks before a general election. There couldn’t be a more opportune time for us to highlight key changes that need to be made in our country.
As Britain’s largest healthcare union, it is vital that we push to put NHS and social care to the top of the new government’s agenda.
The history of the past 30 years has shown the continued failure of outsourcing and privatisation of our services. From the creation of private finance initiatives in 1992, to the Health and Care Act of 2012.
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