Report: Exclusive: Migrant Cleaners Declare Victory After Strikes at Department for Education
Simon Childs
The outsourced facilities workers won back-pay, full sick pay and more holidays after a dispute that lasted over a year.
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Opinion: Israel Won’t Stop Until the US Cuts Off Its Arms Supply
Ash Sarkar
7 October didn’t just transform the parameters of conflict between Israel and Hamas – it upended the status quo in the Middle East, writes Ash Sarkar.
Long Read: How the Media Became a Weapon in the Gaza Genocide
Steven Methven
Since 7 October, media outlets have made themselves a strategic asset for both Israel’s genocidal regime and western powers seeking to uphold the status quo in the Middle East. Steven Methven explains.
Opinion: I Have Lived Through Two Nakbas
Ghada Karmi
Nakba survivor Ghada Karmi reflects on a year spent watching history repeat itself.
Report: Exclusive: Tory MP Looks at Israel’s Lebanon Pager Attacks ‘With Awe’
Simon Childs
Lincoln Jopp MP told a meeting at the Conservative party conference that killing three children would be ‘a phenomenally small amount of collateral damage’.
Feature: The Museum of Neoliberalism Is Being Bulldozed to Make Way for Luxury Flats
Juliet Jacques
The satirical museum has met an end too good to be scripted. Juliet Jacques meets its co-founder, the artist Darren Cullen.
Opinion: The Government’s ‘Progressive’ Top Lawyer Is Off to a Rocky Start
Simon Childs
Richard Hermer was seen as a progressive appointment to the role of attorney general. Now he's being criticised for his role in the decision to continue supplying some arms to Israel and for downplaying torture. Simon Childs reports.
Opinion: Starmer’s Conference Speech Was Utterly Vacuous
Aaron Bastani
It’s bizarre to watch the prime minister go through the motions just three months after winning a landslide, writes Aaron Bastani.
Opinion: Reporters Are Asking the Wrong Questions About Labour’s Freebie Fiasco
Adam Ramsay
Journalists shouldn’t be asking government ministers why they accepted luxury gifts. They should be asking why they were given them in the first place, writes Adam Ramsay.
Opinion: Why Can’t Starmer Give Up Freebies?
Ash Sarkar
The Prime Minister accepting gifts is actually a public service, apparently. But do donors really want nothing in return, asks Ash Sarkar?
Opinion: Nigel Farage Loves Migrants – As Long As They Travel By Private Jet
Simon Childs
The Reform leader will speak at his party conference on Friday, and a gathering for tax avoiding ‘global citizens’ the following week.
Opinion: The Guardian Is Basically Giving The Observer Away. Here’s Why
Aaron Bastani
Acting as the parish noticeboard for liberal obsessions like stopping Brexit will only get a newspaper so far, writes Aaron Bastani.
Feature: Can a Bunch of Tech Nerds Solve the Housing Crisis?
Rivkah Brown
Roost promises to create one million housing co-ops, but its high rents and willingness to work with landlords have turned off housing activists. Is their scepticism warranted? Rivkah Brown reports.
Opinion: Do Western Powers Risk Putting Nato at War With Russia?
Ash Sarkar
Joe Biden and Keir Starmer hope supplying Ukraine with cruise missiles could turn the tide against Russia. This might not be the knockout blow they’re aiming for, writes Ash Sarkar.
Report: Rightwing Journalists Keep Grassing Up Activists to the Police
Clare Hymer
Reporters for tabloid newspapers are infiltrating non-violent direct action groups, collaborating with the police and getting activists arrested. Clare Hymer reports.
Analysis: Starmer Heckled As Trade Unions Oppose Labour’s New Austerity
Polly Smythe
Trade unionists are breathing a sigh of relief after 14 years of Tory rule, but there is little enthusiasm for Labour's economic policies at the TUC's annual congress. Polly Smythe reports.
Opinion: When Will There Be Justice for Grenfell Survivors?
Ash Sarkar
Following the publication of the long-awaited Grenfell inquiry report, it's imperative that urgency is maintained, writes Ash Sarkar.
Report: Key Israel Arms Supplier Sponsors Labour Conference Event
Sam Bright
Exclusive: the New Statesman magazine will host an event sponsored by Northrop Grumman, a key supplier to the Israeli airforce, on the subject of ‘a new era of defence’.