The Milburn review presents itself as a plan to help young people into work, but Dr DYLAN MURPHY argues it is laying the groundwork for a harsher benefits regime
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Israel deserves to be criticised for its oppression of the Palestinian people
MICK CARNEY reports back from a recent trade union delegation to the West Bank
Campaigners from across the continent will gather in Brussels on June 14 to oppose Europe’s accelerating militarisation and cuts to public services, write MAGGIE SIMPSON and BOB ORAM of No Cold War Britain
National co-ordinator for General Strike 100, HENRY FOWLER, continues his nationwide tour of partner organisations by visiting the Modern Records Centre at Warwick University
GEOFF BOTTOMS recalls meeting Fidel Castro in the ’90s after joining a Pastors for Peace caravan to Cuba, and reflects on how international support is still vital to help the island withstand economic warfare
The Ivors Academy’s hike in entry fees could turn this respected peer-assessed event into an exclusive preserve for those wealthy enough to compete, warns BEN LUNN
Peter Murrell’s weakness for the allure of prestige goods is symptomatic of modern consumer culture, says MATT KERR
Criticism of the occupation of the West Bank or the treatment of the people of Gaza by the Israeli Defence Force is not anti-semitic.
The subjugation and oppression of both the people of Palestine and Israeli Arabs, along with Israel ignoring numerous United Nations resolutions, must be challenged.
The recent furore says as much about our national media trying to influence the political mainstream as it does about any deep-rooted anti-semitism issue within the Labour Party.
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