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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Covid conspiracists, Qanon and the far right
With the second wave of the pandemic hitting us, far-right groups in Britain hope they can match the successes of their friends in the US and Europe by using anti-lockdown sentiment as a way of building support, warns PAUL SILLETT
David Icke speaking at an anti-lockdown rally at Trafalgar Square in London to protest against coronavirus restrictions
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
LAST Saturday, 6,000 to 7,000 gathered on the anti-lockdown protest in Trafalgar Square.
People came for many reasons. Many simply distrust the government’s handling of the Covid-19 lockdown.
Others believe that lockdown is being used to crack down on their civil liberties.
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