RAMZY BAROUD highlights how Israel’s ambassador sought to shut down UN officials documenting sexual violence and abuses against Palestinians
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Collective barganing - the only way to a fairer Britain for all
SARAH GLENISTER says the IER's manifesto to restore workers' right to fight collectively points to a decent future for our country
The left has become too reliant on persuasion and too detached from the workplaces and communities it seeks to represent, argues NICK TROY
The US-Israeli conflict with Iran has had far-reaching consequences, including a boost to Pakistan’s regional standing, argues ROGER McKENZIE
The recent heatwaves revealed how ill-prepared Britain remains for a hotter future – and how unequal the ability to cope with it has become, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
The drive to strengthen European defence is reshaping relations between France, Germany, Italy and Britain, says NICK WRIGHT
The UN blames gangs for Haiti’s turmoil, while ignoring decades of foreign intervention and support for an unelected government that lie at the heart of the country’s continuing crisis, says RUBEN BRETT
A major two-year review from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and University College London's Institute of Health Equity recently showed that income inequality in Britain is having a dire impact on public health.
It is causing the country to fall behind other developed nations in terms of key indicators such as women's life expectancy and infant mortality.
Professor Michael Marmot, who led the review, said poverty and public health are intrinsically linked, warning that the large number of young people not in education, employment or training (neets) in Britain is "a public health time bomb waiting to explode."
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Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP
It is only trade union power at work that will materially improve the lot of working people as a class but without sector-wide collective bargaining and a right to take sympathetic strike action, we are hamstrung in the fight to tilt back the balance of power, argues ADRIAN WEIR