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Long Read: The Last World War Veterans Are Dying. Cue New Heights of Remembrance Hysteria

Juliet Jacques

Soldiers tend to be much more down on war than those who send them into it, writes Juliet Jacques, as even the briefest look at their poetry will testify. As those who witnessed the misery of war pass away, hawkish politicians are seizing control of the narrative.

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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.

People hold white sheets of paper in protest over coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions, after a vigil for the victims of a fire in Urumqi, as outbreaks of COVID-19 continue, in Beijing, China,

Report: Chinese Students Are At The Forefront Of Anti-Lockdown Protests

Jessie Lau

Since president Xi Jinping took power in 2012, activism has been constricted. For many young people, recent mass protests are their first taste of dissent.

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Report: The DWP Is ‘Unlawfully’ Chasing People to Pay Back Benefits Claimed in Lockdown

Sophie K Rosa

Claimants who relied on universal credit during the pandemic have had threatening letters and phone calls from private debt collectors following a Kafkaesque ID checking process.

A woman with long curly black hair and a black covid mask holds up a homemade cardboard sign on which is written in pale blue writing: "NHS hero but my purse says zero"

Analysis: No, Higher Wages Won’t Fix the Cost of Living Crisis

Matteo Tiratelli

Sexy as degrowth may be on the left, it’s productivity gains that have driven rising living standards over the past half-century, writes Matteo Tiratelli.

criminal barristers stand in a row, wearing wigs and gowns, and holding placards reading 'stop barrister numbers falling' and 'crime doesn't pay'

Opinion: A Cash Injection Won’t Fix Our Broken Legal System

Michael Etienne

Criminal barristers deserve better pay, writes Michael Etienne. But paying barristers better won't deliver a justice system that’s actually just.

Children queue for a free meal during a feeding program by outreach group World Mission Community Care, at a slum area in the Baseco compound, metro Manila

Opinion: Western Food Imperialism is Starving the Rest of the World

Ella Thorold

The world produces more than enough food for everyone. The problem is that our food systems are rigged by the west, writes Ella Thorold.

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Report: Terfs Are Marginal in France. A New Media Platform Plans to Keep It That Way

Olly Haynes

Camped out in an empty Parisian office block, XY Media is a new media frontier of trans liberation. Olly Haynes reports.

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Opinion: What About Shielders?

Sophie K Rosa

People with Covid are no longer legally required to self-isolate in England, and from April tests won't be free. Sophie K Rosa spoke to shielders about how this will affect them.

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Analysis: The Hostile Environment Is Putting Everyone at Greater Risk From Covid

Ella Weldon

The hostile environment isn’t just endangering migrants during the pandemic, it’s endangering us all, writes Ella Weldon.

Analysis: Poor Brits Live Much Shorter Lives. What Can We Do?

Ell Folan

The least privileged people live nine years fewer than the most. Ell Folan looks at why, and what can be done.

Opinion: Johnson Should Go – And the Left Should Demand It

Jonas Marvin

While Boris Johnson was living it up at Downing Street, we locked down, suffered and died. If the left doesn’t harness the widespread fury over ‘partygate’, it’ll be missing a huge opportunity, argues Jonas Marvin.

Novara Live: Johnson’s Hollow Apology for Lockdown Party

Boris Johnson has admitted attending a lockdown party, but won't stop repeating his ridiculous excuses. Is it now time up for the PM?

Anti-government demonstrators hold a poster representing a coffin of a victim of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) with the message "30,000 deaths, so what?", during a protest named "Amazonas for Democracy" in Manaus, Brazil

Analysis: Ending Vaccine Apartheid Won’t End the Pandemic

James Meadway

It is vital that rich countries in the global north share the vaccines we have hoarded if we are to effectively manage the pandemic, writes James Meadway. But vaccination is only one part of the solution.

Analysis: Novak Djokovic’s Detention Exposed Australia’s Brutal Border Regime

Dominic McGovern

Djokovic experienced a mere fraction of the brutality thousands of undocumented migrants are subjected to every day - and he's already been set free. The sports star's case should be a wake-up call to the world, writes Dominic McGovern: nobody should be treated this way.

Novara Live: Is Omicron Already Overwhelming UK Hospitals?

Boris Johnson has said England can "ride out" the Omicron wave. But at what cost will it come to the NHS? We speak to critical care nurse Dave Carr about the strain on Britain's hospitals.

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Analysis: The Right Is Destroying Our Freedom and the Left Is Letting It Happen

Richard Seymour

With a nationalist far right resisting pandemic controls and progressives clamouring for them, the left needs a coherent response to metastasising state power - and fast.

Novara Live: Johnsons Resists Further Restrictions As Omicron Surges

Government scientists warn the UK could see over a million daily Covid cases within a week, yet Boris Johnson is resisting new restrictions. Is he now delaying the inevitable?

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Long Read: The Last World War Veterans Are Dying. Cue New Heights of Remembrance Hysteria

Juliet Jacques

Long Read: US Politics Has Reached a Dead End

Luke Savage

Report: Chinese Students Are At The Forefront Of Anti-Lockdown Protests

Jessie Lau

Report: The DWP Is ‘Unlawfully’ Chasing People to Pay Back Benefits Claimed in Lockdown

Sophie K Rosa

Opinion: A Cash Injection Won’t Fix Our Broken Legal System

Michael Etienne

Opinion: Western Food Imperialism is Starving the Rest of the World

Ella Thorold

Report: Terfs Are Marginal in France. A New Media Platform Plans to Keep It That Way

Olly Haynes

Opinion: What About Shielders?

Sophie K Rosa

Analysis: The Hostile Environment Is Putting Everyone at Greater Risk From Covid

Ella Weldon

Analysis: Poor Brits Live Much Shorter Lives. What Can We Do?

Ell Folan

Opinion: Johnson Should Go – And the Left Should Demand It

Jonas Marvin

Novara Live: Johnson’s Hollow Apology for Lockdown Party

Analysis: Ending Vaccine Apartheid Won’t End the Pandemic

James Meadway

Analysis: Novak Djokovic’s Detention Exposed Australia’s Brutal Border Regime

Dominic McGovern

Novara Live: Is Omicron Already Overwhelming UK Hospitals?

Analysis: The Right Is Destroying Our Freedom and the Left Is Letting It Happen

Richard Seymour

Novara Live: Johnsons Resists Further Restrictions As Omicron Surges

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Tag: covid-19

Long Read: The Last World War Veterans Are Dying. Cue New Heights of Remembrance Hysteria

Juliet Jacques

Long Read: US Politics Has Reached a Dead End

Luke Savage

Report: Chinese Students Are At The Forefront Of Anti-Lockdown Protests

Jessie Lau

Report: The DWP Is ‘Unlawfully’ Chasing People to Pay Back Benefits Claimed in Lockdown

Sophie K Rosa

Analysis: No, Higher Wages Won’t Fix the Cost of Living Crisis

Matteo Tiratelli

Opinion: A Cash Injection Won’t Fix Our Broken Legal System

Michael Etienne

Opinion: Western Food Imperialism is Starving the Rest of the World

Ella Thorold

Report: Terfs Are Marginal in France. A New Media Platform Plans to Keep It That Way

Olly Haynes

Opinion: What About Shielders?

Sophie K Rosa

Analysis: The Hostile Environment Is Putting Everyone at Greater Risk From Covid

Ella Weldon

Analysis: Poor Brits Live Much Shorter Lives. What Can We Do?

Ell Folan

Opinion: Johnson Should Go – And the Left Should Demand It

Jonas Marvin

Novara Live: Johnson’s Hollow Apology for Lockdown Party

Analysis: Ending Vaccine Apartheid Won’t End the Pandemic

James Meadway

Analysis: Novak Djokovic’s Detention Exposed Australia’s Brutal Border Regime

Dominic McGovern

Novara Live: Is Omicron Already Overwhelming UK Hospitals?

Analysis: The Right Is Destroying Our Freedom and the Left Is Letting It Happen

Richard Seymour

Novara Live: Johnsons Resists Further Restrictions As Omicron Surges

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