“With [the recent government agreement], we are setting a clear direction,” Rob Jetten declared. That direction is hard right, outspokenly neoliberal, completely antisocial and a choice in favour of capital. It is a direction of severe cuts to social services, attacks on migrants and refugees, giving free rein to businesses and increasing militarization. In short, it is the same direction as the previous cabinet, only the rhetoric is different. A combative response from the trade unions is (…)

Nurses in the United States, overwhelmingly women and in our big cities predominantly Black, Latin, and Asian, are both leading the fight for higher wages and better working conditions and the resistance to the Trump administration's attack on immigrants. Some 15,000 nurses in New York City struck several hospitals in New York City in January and February, staying out for weeks to win higher wages and safer staffing levels. As Nancy Hagans, the president of the New York State Nurses (…)

Simon Pearson exposes the big money donors behind far right Reform UK and the links with Epstein Reform UK exists to take on a corrupt political class. Nigel Farage has built his entire career on this claim. The donors, the stitch-ups, the revolving door between Westminster and the boardroom: these are his targets. He is, he insists, different. He is on your side. Who is on his side Christopher Harborne is the largest donor in Reform's history. Between 2019 and 2025, he gave the party (…)