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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Let us realise the Gala's full potential
Today we show that solidarity is more than just a word — it has been at the centre of all the progress we have made towards a society based on justice and at the core of our resistance to one based on greed, writes GARY SMITH
Trade unionists march through London
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
THE Durham Miners’ Gala is a unique celebration of all that really matters — but which is so often forgotten, scorned, or ignored — within our society. It stands for community, for action, for unity and for hope. It is a potent, living, symbol of working-class solidarity.
As we all know, this solidarity has been sorely tested and tried over four decades of neoliberal policies and over a decade of visceral, legalised, class hatred.
The political and industrial landscape of north-east England has been ripped up as the pit heads vanished under parklands and the “red wall” seats toppled due to the fatal weakening of the bonds of understanding and trust between MPs and the very people whose class interests they were supposed to represent.
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