IAN LAVERY MP warns that decades of neoliberal policies have left former industrial communities behind — but a renewed Labour commitment to working people could change the political landscape
Zero Covid: China silences the critics
Despite the effectiveness of China’s tactics in fighting Covid-19, Western outlets still find ways to decry it as ‘authoritarian’ and ‘unsustainable’ — instead they should be saluting its remarkable success, writes CARLOS MARTINEZ
Medical workers scan codes on people's smartphones at a mass coronavirus testing site in Beijing
PAOLO SANTALUCIA reports on how an Italian region defies US pressure to end a Cuban doctors programme
HENRY FOWLER outlines the GFTU’s new 2026-27 education programme and argues that investing in trade union education is essential to building worker power, developing leaders and strengthening collective action
We need a government that invests in saving lives not destroying them, argues SOPHIE BOLT
More expensive by weight than gold, saffron is surprisingly simple to grow. MAT COWARD explains
The public inquiry is the result of more than a decade of determined campaigning. Now, those who fought for justice want the full story of government involvement and police conduct to be told, says KATE FLANNERY
The Durham Miners’ Gala is a celebration of working-class culture, but also a call to action — to rebuild workers’ collective strength, says KIM JOHNSON MP
IT’S coming up to a year since the last death from Covid in China. Since January 26 2021, China’s Covid death count has been stuck on 4,636.
The vast majority — 99.9 per cent — of these deaths took place during the first three months of the pandemic and the most were in Hubei, the province in which the outbreak was first detected.
In the southern province of Guangdong, population 125 million, there have been just eight deaths from Covid.
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