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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A statue we could be proud of
The East End matchwomen were the mothers of the modern trade union movement – so it’s about time they were celebrated with a group statue of them. LOUISE RAW explains how you can have your say in helping to bring this about
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
WITH statues as a focus of protest since the murder of George Floyd, we have been reminded what powerful symbols they are.
In fact, removing them as sentiments change is nothing new. Pharaohs would regularly consign statues of their predecessors to the dustbins, or deserts, of history.
In the United States, on hearing the Declaration of Independence for the first time, colonists toppled a Manhattan statue of King George III — and repurposed the lead as bullets for the revolutionary war.
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