The Milburn review presents itself as a plan to help young people into work, but Dr DYLAN MURPHY argues it is laying the groundwork for a harsher benefits regime
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'Daily Heil' gets its knickers in a twist again - and it is arrivederci to teflon Silvio
There's been a whole lot of hating going on this week, says PADDY McGUFFIN
Campaigners from across the continent will gather in Brussels on June 14 to oppose Europe’s accelerating militarisation and cuts to public services, write MAGGIE SIMPSON and BOB ORAM of No Cold War Britain
National co-ordinator for General Strike 100, HENRY FOWLER, continues his nationwide tour of partner organisations by visiting the Modern Records Centre at Warwick University
GEOFF BOTTOMS recalls meeting Fidel Castro in the ’90s after joining a Pastors for Peace caravan to Cuba, and reflects on how international support is still vital to help the island withstand economic warfare
The Ivors Academy’s hike in entry fees could turn this respected peer-assessed event into an exclusive preserve for those wealthy enough to compete, warns BEN LUNN
Peter Murrell’s weakness for the allure of prestige goods is symptomatic of modern consumer culture, says MATT KERR
To paraphrase the late great Jerry Lee Lewis "There's a whole lotta hatin' going on."
Those familiar with this column will know that it tends to focus on the murky world of British politics and the cretinous individuals in charge in this country.
However, after three weeks of total immersion in the moral miasma of party conference season that's the last thing it wants to think about for a while.
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