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The ethics of artificial intelligence and automation amid a global pandemic
Will a technological revolution entrench inequalities and lead to job losses, or can it be used to assist in delivering healthcare, asks OLIVIA BRIDGE
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
BRITAIN’S healthcare crisis has been catapulted centre stage recently as our beloved NHS warriors battle Covid-19 deprived of personal protective equipment.
Yet these indispensable heroes have long toiled exhausting hours, struggling under a lethal concoction of heightened demand and a lack of resources, a Brexodus of staff and the coronavirus pandemic is just icing on the crumbling cake.
Vacancies are widespread. In social care, it is estimated shortages have spiralled to 122,000.
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