While international actors discuss governance and reconstruction, Netanyahu has made it clear that Israel has no intention of ending its military occupation, says RAMZY BAROUD
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‘The sex trade teaches you that you’re not even human’
LYNNE WALSH reports from a recent webinar organised by Nordic Model Now! where contributors explored the best ways to support the vulnerable and traumatised women coerced into prostitution
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NICK WRIGHT continues his series analysing the trends in European politics
We have the alternative economics, histories of our struggles and the confidence to change the world
General Federation of Trade Unions assistant general secretary HENRY FOWLER reports on the final day from the GFTU’s residential Summer School at the Workers’ Retreat, Quorn Grange Hotel
Capitalism has exploited — and polluted — our natural resources for too long, it’s time we treated our rivers as living beings, writes MIRIUM GAUNTLETT, LIAM SHAW and ROX MIDDLETON
Treating the Clacton by-election as a joke risks reinforcing the Reform leader’s claim to be the victim of an out-of-touch Establishment, argues JOHN McINALLY
MPs and others called for the urgent release of tortured Palestinian doctor, Hussam Abu Safiya, held hostage by Israel and reportedly near death, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
THERE are some discussions which run the risk of polarisation, when even the most thoughtful altruist picks a side, digs in and repels all other views.
Prostitution. How many books have been written, academic papers published and public debates held?
When did our solutions to this complex problem get reduced to two basic strategies: decriminalise the whole damn show, or criminalise the punters and profiteers?
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