While international attention focuses on ceasefire frameworks, Israel is openly advancing plans for a permanent expansion of its control over Gaza, writes RAMZY BAROUD
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Without a free press, democracy dies, says NUJ general secretary MICHELLE STANISTREET
Michelle Stanistreet (right) with former MP Chris Mullin. The union helped his successful fight to prevent West Mercia Police forcing him to reveal his sources
Researchers PAUL HOLDEN and JESSICA MURRAY are calling for whistleblowers and documentary records to uncover how Labour Together helped build the parliamentary majority that now dominates the Labour Party
Cuba continues to embody a vision of internationalism that imperialism has never forgiven, argues ZOLTAN ZIGEDY
PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE explains why opposing war is inseparable from defending jobs, wages and public services – and why readers should come to the London Peace Conference on Saturday June 20
As protests erupt over Henry Nowak’s murder, ANDREW MURRAY argues that anger is being exploited to advance a wider racist and anti-immigration agenda
CARLOS MARTINEZ explains the sound case for car manufacturing co-operation with China
AT THE beginning of next month, the NUJ with the Society of Editors will launch The Journalists’ Safety Toolkit. It is an app that provides regularly updated information for reporters and photographers who feel themselves in danger.
Delighted as I am to provide such a resource for our members, the need for it is the cause of the deepest concern.
The working assumption of the labour movement for the past half-century has been that work is becoming progressively safer — and it is trade unions who have led on that work and deserve much of the credit for advances made.
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LAURA DAVISON traces how Murdoch’s mass sackings, political deals and legal loopholes shattered collective bargaining 40 years ago – and how persistent NUJ organising, landmark court victories and new employment rights legislation are finally challenging that legacy
Digital ID means the government could track anyone and then limit their speech, movements, finances — and it could get this all wrong, identifying the wrong people for the wrong reasons, as the numerous digital cockups so far demonstrate, warns DYLAN MURPHY
Speaking to the Morning Star’s Ceren Sagir, general secretary of the National Union of Journalists LAURA DAVISON outlines the threats to journalism from Palestine to Britain, and the unique challenges confronting the industry through the rise of AI
