The greatest threat to democracy may no longer come from political parties but from unelected tech oligarchs like Peter Thiel and his powerful Silicon Valley network, argues JOHN GREEN
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The coronavirus pandemic has shown us there is a clear lesson for generations to come
The cornerstone of a civilised society in the 21st century has to be a publicly available health service free and accessible at the point of need, says human rights advocacy group LIBERATION
A healthcare worker attends to a Covid-19 patient in an intensive care unit (ICU) at the General University Hospital in Prague, Czech Republic
Today’s interconnected conflicts are enriching the arms industry while pushing the entire world towards permanent militarisation, argues ROGER McKENZIE
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The government’s Pip review looks like a carefully managed exercise in legitimising future cuts to disability support, argues Dr DYLAN MURPHY
The Tories introduced the 50% strike ballot threshold to make industrial action harder. MATT WRACK argues that a Labour government has no justification for leaving it on the statute book
THE world is currently in the midst of an unprecedented struggle to overcome the coronavirus pandemic.
The deadly Covid-19 has reached all continents and, as well as its devastating death toll and assault on public health, it has wrought sudden havoc on our normal everyday way of life.
Europe and North America have been badly hit, and a challenging struggle to stop the spread of the disease continues there.
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