Economists estimate extreme poverty could be drastically reduced for a fraction of global defence spending, yet military budgets continue to expand year on year, says JON TRICKETT MP, ahead of the Stop the War International Conference on Saturday
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How social media is transforming British Jewish identity
The concept of Jewishness is being radically reconfigured through the Twittersphere, write HEATHER MENDICK and ABBY HOFFMANN
As Unison launches its Year of Women Workers, ANNIE COGAN-THOMAS argues that stronger organisation and collective bargaining are essential to winning equality
Trade unions, trades councils and community organisations must work together to build lasting solidarity and resistance to the far right, argues DREW GILCHRIST
Recent violence in Belfast was not spontaneous — it was built on years of failure and political neglect, argues STIOFAN O NUALLAIN
As delegates meet in Brighton this week, Unison faces pressing questions about pay, organising, workers’ rights and political representation, explains ANDY CHAFFER
Andy Burnham’s growing stature has fuelled hopes of a Labour revival – but ALAN SIMPSON warns that Britain’s crisis runs far deeper than just its leadership and traces its roots to decades of financialised capitalism
THE row about anti-semitism in the Labour Party started soon after Jeremy Corbyn was elected and intensified in the run-up to the 2016 and 2018 local elections.
There have been so many words written about it, we’ve been reluctant to add to them. The weaponisation of anti-semitism against the left and how it is used to silence criticism of Israel are well-rehearsed.
However, very little has been written about how it is used to police British Jewish identity and, in particular, how social media is becoming a battleground for Jews with different political positions.
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