Rebellion against police murder tears through United States
A rebellion against police brutality and institutional racism is gaining momentum as it roars across the United States. It is driven by anger at a system filled by inequality and racism.
Plan for new repressive laws reignites rage in Hong Kong
For the second time this year, pro-democracy protesters have filled the streets of Hong Kong. Sadie Robinson looks at what’s driving their anger
Uprising grows against racist killings by US police
A great revolt is taking place in the US. It is against police murders but also about the whole way black people are treated
Defy Johnson’s reckless wider school reopening that will mean more deaths
The NEU union’s joint general secretary Mary Bousted said the strategy meant “risks” to health and was a “disaster”. She added that government guidance on social distancing is “impossible” in schools.
Minneapolis 1934: the Teamsters’ rebellion
In the middle of the Great Depression of the 1930s, revolutionaries sparked and led mass strikes and factory occupations in the US. In 1934, more than 1.5 million workers took part in over 2,000 strikes—and they often won.Comment
Is EU singing from Hamilton songbook?
Alexander Hamilton, one of the brilliant group of “founding fathers” of the United States and its first finance minister, was once remembered mainly because he was killed in a duel by vice president Aaron Burr in 1804.
Don’t use Denmark to justify a return to schools
The Tories claim Denmark shows it’s safe to reopen schools. Paul McGarr looks behind their spin
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- Plan for new repressive laws reignites rage in Hong Kong
- Rebellion against police murder tears through United States
- Uprising grows against racist killings by US police
- History show that’s full of facts but not much else
- Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always—a powerful and necessary film about abortion access
- Black and Asian nurses struggle to get vital protective kit
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