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Ministry of injustice - Callousness, coronavirus and a culture of fear
BETHANY RIELLY looks at the risks faced by cleaners forced to work without protection through the pandemic
A view of the Ministry of Justice in Westminster (left) and (right) the late Emanuel Gomes
NICK WRIGHT considers how the isolation of Israel and a new film on the controversial Italian communist leader are creating new reference points for Italy’s left
CARLOS MARTINEZ says Cuba’s achievements in the face of a criminal blockade are startling, but the island’s future if the United States succeeds in crushing it looks bleak
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports that far-right MPs who mobbed the event organised by Hadash may have helped raise awareness of the brutality of the Israeli right
Born on this day in 1931, the heroic revolutionary faces a dangerous new wave of White House aggression. We must treat his birthday as a rallying cry to resist the illegal siege of Cuba, writes ROGER McKENZIE
RAMZY BAROUD decries the rats of Gaza, the rodent and human type. Both abound as profiteering from tragedy reaches obscene levels
EMANUEL GOMES came to London seven years ago to find a secure job with a decent wage. In one of the richest countries in the world, he expected workers to be paid properly and their rights protected in law.
But instead he found himself trapped in the gig economy, fighting to keep his hours on precarious contracts, with little left over from the costs of living in London to send back to his family in Portugal and Guinea Bissau, West Africa.
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