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
It’s time to stop the abuse of workers just doing their job
OLIVIA BLAKE MP explains why she is putting forward a parliamentary motion this week to make verbal or physical abuse of all front-line workers a criminal offence
Bus drivers are among those public-facing workers who have seen an increase in harassment
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
IT’S 2020, or early 2021. You wake up in the morning, turn on the radio and hear the latest horrific stories of the pandemic — the rising infection rates, the shortages of PPE, and the news of more and more people, like you, who have been hospitalised by the virus.
Perhaps you work in a supermarket, or you’re a bus driver, or a teacher, or a care worker, or any one of the countless public-facing workers that have kept the country moving through the pandemic.
That work has put you in the firing line, and you’ve felt a constant fear of exposure to a virus that’s torn through your community — that at any time you might contract or pass on to your friends, your family, or the people you love. No wonder that 84 per cent of retail staff say the pandemic has damaged their mental health.
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EDDIE DEMPSEY explains why the RMT is calling for urgent action against assaults on staff and passengers on our public transport system
The visa system traps workers with abusive employers, creating a vulnerable workforce scared to complain for fear of deportation — that is why we’re campaigning for a ‘common sponsorship’ model instead, writes FAVOUR DAVIDKING
