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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GMB Scotland secretary GARY SMITH writes that although the unions have been in decline, the last 12 months have shown the collective power we have when we fight back: let the year of Covid-19 be a turning point
British Gas workers outside the Scottish Gas call centre in Edinburgh in January 2021
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 HAS been a year like no other — and a wretched one at that for millions of working people. The Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked a devastating trail of sickness and death in our communities. It has isolated us from our loved ones and has fundamentally challenged almost every aspect of our everyday lives.
Although the vaccination programme is being rolled out quickly and efficiently by the NHS, it is clear that we are going to be living with the effects of this virus for the foreseeable future.
The impact of Covid-19 on the world of work has been dramatic. What the pandemic has ruthlessly exposed are the many underlying weaknesses in our economy and workplaces after a decade of disastrous ideologically driven austerity.
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