Italy in turmoil after far right Matteo Salvini pushes for snap election

Italy’s political crisis came to a head this week as prime minister Giuseppe Conte resigned after far right interior minister Matteo Salvini pulled the plug on the coalition.

Refugees stranded at sea by racist Italian government

Refugees rescued but left stranded on ship by EU

Italy in turmoil after far right Matteo Salvini pushes for snap election

Muslims face ‘structural Islamophobia’ under terror law border checks

Hundreds of thousands of Muslims have been harassed at Britain’s border under a draconian terror law, according to a new report published on Wednesday.

Asda workers speak out - bullying and threats add to anger over new contract

Asda workers are furious at supermarket bosses’ plans to impose a punitive contract that would rip up their terms and conditions.

Democrats barred from Israel

After Portland, Trump gives boost to far right protest

Extinction Rebellion, climate change, environment, protest, demonstration, Rebel Rising, die-in, Royal Observatory, south London

Iceland’s ‘dead’ glacier is proof that time is running out to tackle climate chaos

Stand Up To Racism, anti-racism, anti-fascism, protest, demonstration, London, Tommy Robinson

Failing Nazis cancel rally for Tommy Robinson in London

Million march in Hong Kong as movement grows

Corbyn’s confusion over the European Union emboldens the right

Yemen, Middle East, protest, demonstration, Britain, arms, London, Muslims

British arms found in Yemen show up links between Tories and Saudi Arabia

More evidence of Britain’s role in Saudi Arabia’s war on Yemen was uncovered this week.

Riot police lash out in Zimbabwe

Riot police in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, fired tear gas and beat demonstrators during a crackdown on opposition supporters last Friday.

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Support the cleaners' all-out strike for pay

These NHS strikes in Bradford and Lincolnshire need your support

Jeffrey Epstein case shows up the system’s abuses

What can we do about climate refugees?

As Tories and the press panic about a ‘law and order breakdown’ - fear cops, not crime

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Jeffrey Epstein case shows up the system’s abuses

Jeffrey Epstein, the rich child rapist, is dead after taking his own life. That is a slightly more controversial statement than might be imagined.

What can we do about climate refugees?

Gabby Thorpe looks at the plight of people displaced by climate chaos and argues that we should welcome refugees

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It is good to see that health workers in Bradford have voted for an all-out strike against privatisation from Monday 26 August. (Socialist Worker, 14 August).

Troublemaker

The state pension age is set to rise to 75 over the next 16 years. That’s if Boris Johnson’s favourite think tank gets its way

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The deforestation unleashed by Brazil’s far right president is a big threat to the environment. But, Gabby Thorpe argues, we can’t trust those world leaders who have attacked him either