While international attention focuses on ceasefire frameworks, Israel is openly advancing plans for a permanent expansion of its control over Gaza, writes RAMZY BAROUD
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Austerity, abandonment and assisted dying in Canada
The right to ‘die with dignity’ is warped by austerity and social exclusion, argues JOHN CLARKE
An objector to assisted suicide holds up placards outside the Scottish Parliament as MSPs debated the subject in 2015
Researchers PAUL HOLDEN and JESSICA MURRAY are calling for whistleblowers and documentary records to uncover how Labour Together helped build the parliamentary majority that now dominates the Labour Party
Cuba continues to embody a vision of internationalism that imperialism has never forgiven, argues ZOLTAN ZIGEDY
PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE explains why opposing war is inseparable from defending jobs, wages and public services – and why readers should come to the London Peace Conference on Saturday June 20
As protests erupt over Henry Nowak’s murder, ANDREW MURRAY argues that anger is being exploited to advance a wider racist and anti-immigration agenda
CARLOS MARTINEZ explains the sound case for car manufacturing co-operation with China
THE notion that someone facing a terminal illness or fatal condition should be able to decide at what point their life should be brought to a close, and to opt for “death with dignity,” isn’t one that can be brushed aside.
Many of us will find ourselves or someone we love in a situation where such a decision is anything but an abstract consideration.
Yet the reality is that no public policy can be considered outside of the broader social and political context. As austerity measures take ever-greater effect and the provision of healthcare and vital support services are effectively rationed, the danger is that assisted dying can be effectively forced on those who have been socially abandoned.
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