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Opinion: Labour Is Finally Treating Landlords Like the Spoiled Children They Are

Nick Bano

With the recent budget Labour whispered its first words of defiance to the bullying landlord lobby. A little louder for the people at the back, writes Nick Bano.

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Opinion: This Election Has Been America’s Most Antisemitic Yet

Mia Brett

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have jointly assumed Jews’ dual loyalty to the US and Israel. Their assumption justifies genocide, endangers Jews and erodes democracy, writes Mia Brett.

Mexico's new president, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo. Carlos Santiago/Reuters

Long Read: Left Populism Has Become Mexico’s New Normal. At What Cost?

The Morena party has governed Mexico for six years. As it assumes a new leadership, Novara Media spoke to organisers and thinkers about how left populism swept the country – and those who say the costs of victory have been too high.

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Opinion: Western Politicians Hate Francesca Albanese for Good Reason – She’s Making Them Look Terrible

Tayab Ali

While the UK and US tiptoe around Israel’s war crimes, the United Nations rapporteur is actually holding Israel to account, writes Tayab Ali – hence the barrage of baseless criticism she’s facing.

Dr Shahd Abusalama was cleared of antisemitism in an investigation by human rights barrister Akua Reindorf. Photo: Facebook

Feature: A Palestinian Academic Thought Her Ordeal With Her Employer Was Over. Then It ‘Reached Out to the Jewish Chronicle’

Simon Childs

Dr Shahd Abusalama has claimed victory after settling out of court with Sheffield Hallam University, following an extraordinary legal battle. Simon Childs reports.

Delivery riders organised by IWGB on strike in 2021. WIktor Szymanowicz via Reuters Connect

Report: Delivery Company Offers Workers Rights – But Only With a Pay Cut

Polly Smythe

After a strike-ballot opened, workers were taken into one-on-one meetings and asked to sign new contracts that they hadn’t even seen. Polly Smythe reports.

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Analysis: The Budget Is Socialism for the Rich, Austerity for the Poor

James Meadway

With her record-low corporation tax and below-inflation benefit rises, Labour’s first woman chancellor has indeed made history: by passing up a historic opportunity to fix Britain, writes James Meadway.

Analysis: David Lammy Sounds Increasingly Stupid for Refusing to Say ‘Genocide’

Rivkah Brown

The backlash against the home secretary's remarks shows how widely accepted it has become that Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza, writes Rivkah Brown.

Review: Asif Kapadia Doesn’t Know What He’s Trying to Say

Juliet Jacques

The director's new film 2073 gestures at social ills but struggles to name culprits, let alone solutions. The result is to induce despair rather than prompt action, writes Juliet Jacques.

Opinion: Rachel Reeves Has a Miracle Cure for Britain: ‘Growth’

James Meadway

Two percentage points of economic growth would mean an extra £24bn in taxes - but Britain’s public services need an extra £142bn a year just to restore 2000s standards. Put this way, the chancellor's fixation on growth appears delusional, writes James Meadway.

Keir Starmer and King Charles visit Samoa, October 2024. Chris Jackson/Reuters

Opinion: No, Keir Starmer – Reparations Aren’t Just About the Past

Ash Sarkar

You don’t have to agree that Britain is the villain of the world to think we have a responsibility to pay for climate adaptations in poorer countries, writes Ash Sarkar.

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Report: Science Museum Grasses on Workers Protesting Tommy Robinson

Simon Childs

The museum praised a demonstration against Tommy Robinson – then wrote to the police about striking staff joining in.

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Long Read: Jas Athwal Claims He Was Cleared of Sexual Assault. Was He?

Rivkah Brown

The newly elected Labour MP gained instant notoriety as the biggest landlord in the Commons. Less known is that in 2019 he was accused of serious sexual assault. Athwal claims that he was cleared by the party. The truth wasn’t so clear-cut, Novara Media can reveal.

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Long Read: US Politics Has Reached a Dead End

Luke Savage

After a brief flirtation with change, writes Luke Savage, America’s presidential race has reverted to type: sclerotic, exhausted and grossly unpopular.

Opinion: Where Is the UK’s Green Jobs Revolution?

Ewan Gibbs

For all the talk of the government’s ambitious plans to decarbonise the UK’s energy sector, as it stands, things feel like they’re stuttering to a halt, writes Ewan Gibbs.

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Long Read: Discontent Deepens Among Guardian Staff Over Palestine ‘Double Standard’

Rivkah Brown

Staff say the paper’s decision to permit Howard Jacobson’s controversial piece while censoring a leading Palestinian author is driven in part by a fear of antisemitism allegations. Rivkah Brown reports.

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Opinion: I Went to Gaza. What I Saw Was a Holocaust

susan abulhawa

‘Israel is committing the holocaust of our time,’ writes Palestinian author susan abulhawa, ‘and it is doing it in full view of a seemingly indifferent world.’

Opinion: Yahya Sinwar’s Death Will Expose the West’s Lies

Rivkah Brown

In its accidental killing of the Hamas leader, Israel has achieved what it set out to after 7 October, writes Rivkah Brown. What excuse will Biden and his crew come up with for Netanyahu now?

Opinion: Labour Is Finally Treating Landlords Like the Spoiled Children They Are

Nick Bano

Opinion: This Election Has Been America’s Most Antisemitic Yet

Mia Brett

Long Read: Left Populism Has Become Mexico’s New Normal. At What Cost?

Connor Woodman

Opinion: Western Politicians Hate Francesca Albanese for Good Reason – She’s Making Them Look Terrible

Tayab Ali

Feature: A Palestinian Academic Thought Her Ordeal With Her Employer Was Over. Then It ‘Reached Out to the Jewish Chronicle’

Simon Childs

Report: Delivery Company Offers Workers Rights – But Only With a Pay Cut

Polly Smythe

Analysis: The Budget Is Socialism for the Rich, Austerity for the Poor

James Meadway

Analysis: David Lammy Sounds Increasingly Stupid for Refusing to Say ‘Genocide’

Rivkah Brown

Opinion: Rachel Reeves Has a Miracle Cure for Britain: ‘Growth’

James Meadway

Opinion: No, Keir Starmer – Reparations Aren’t Just About the Past

Ash Sarkar

Report: Science Museum Grasses on Workers Protesting Tommy Robinson

Simon Childs

Long Read: Jas Athwal Claims He Was Cleared of Sexual Assault. Was He?

Rivkah Brown

Long Read: US Politics Has Reached a Dead End

Luke Savage

Opinion: Where Is the UK’s Green Jobs Revolution?

Ewan Gibbs

Long Read: Discontent Deepens Among Guardian Staff Over Palestine ‘Double Standard’

Rivkah Brown

Opinion: I Went to Gaza. What I Saw Was a Holocaust

susan abulhawa

Opinion: Yahya Sinwar’s Death Will Expose the West’s Lies

Rivkah Brown

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Opinion: Labour Is Finally Treating Landlords Like the Spoiled Children They Are

Nick Bano

Opinion: This Election Has Been America’s Most Antisemitic Yet

Mia Brett

Long Read: Left Populism Has Become Mexico’s New Normal. At What Cost?

Connor Woodman

Opinion: Western Politicians Hate Francesca Albanese for Good Reason – She’s Making Them Look Terrible

Tayab Ali

Feature: A Palestinian Academic Thought Her Ordeal With Her Employer Was Over. Then It ‘Reached Out to the Jewish Chronicle’

Simon Childs

Report: Delivery Company Offers Workers Rights – But Only With a Pay Cut

Polly Smythe

Analysis: The Budget Is Socialism for the Rich, Austerity for the Poor

James Meadway

Analysis: David Lammy Sounds Increasingly Stupid for Refusing to Say ‘Genocide’

Rivkah Brown

Review: Asif Kapadia Doesn’t Know What He’s Trying to Say

Juliet Jacques

Opinion: Rachel Reeves Has a Miracle Cure for Britain: ‘Growth’

James Meadway

Opinion: No, Keir Starmer – Reparations Aren’t Just About the Past

Ash Sarkar

Report: Science Museum Grasses on Workers Protesting Tommy Robinson

Simon Childs

Long Read: Jas Athwal Claims He Was Cleared of Sexual Assault. Was He?

Rivkah Brown

Long Read: US Politics Has Reached a Dead End

Luke Savage

Opinion: Where Is the UK’s Green Jobs Revolution?

Ewan Gibbs

Long Read: Discontent Deepens Among Guardian Staff Over Palestine ‘Double Standard’

Rivkah Brown

Opinion: I Went to Gaza. What I Saw Was a Holocaust

susan abulhawa

Opinion: Yahya Sinwar’s Death Will Expose the West’s Lies

Rivkah Brown

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