While international actors discuss governance and reconstruction, Netanyahu has made it clear that Israel has no intention of ending its military occupation, says RAMZY BAROUD
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China proves poverty can now be eliminated
Hunan province’s transformation shows how state investment can lift millions from deprivation — but Western states avoid discussion of this while ramping up military spending instead, writes FIONA EDWARDS
RAPID RENEWAL: Changsha’s statue of Mao, the city at night and the literature museum in Qingxi Village
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NICK WRIGHT continues his series analysing the trends in European politics
We have the alternative economics, histories of our struggles and the confidence to change the world
General Federation of Trade Unions assistant general secretary HENRY FOWLER reports on the final day from the GFTU’s residential Summer School at the Workers’ Retreat, Quorn Grange Hotel
Capitalism has exploited — and polluted — our natural resources for too long, it’s time we treated our rivers as living beings, writes MIRIUM GAUNTLETT, LIAM SHAW and ROX MIDDLETON
Treating the Clacton by-election as a joke risks reinforcing the Reform leader’s claim to be the victim of an out-of-touch Establishment, argues JOHN McINALLY
MPs and others called for the urgent release of tortured Palestinian doctor, Hussam Abu Safiya, held hostage by Israel and reportedly near death, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
AT the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro on November 18 2024, Brazil’s President Lula da Silva placed the issue of tackling rising levels of poverty and hunger at the top of the agenda. The Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty was launched to galvanise the international community to combat these serious problems facing humanity.
In recent years, the world has witnessed the largest increase in global poverty since the 1990s, with approximately 712 million people living in extreme poverty in 2022, an increase of 23 million compared to 2019. Hunger is also on the rise. Around 733 million people faced hunger in 2023 — over 152 million more people than in 2019.
It is important to recognise that the global battle to end this immense human suffering is winnable, as China’s recent successes in eradicating extreme poverty clearly demonstrate.
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