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Issue - 2540
Dated - 07 Feb 2017
As tens of thousands march—we can keep Trump out

Anger at Donald Trump’s assault on Muslims, migrants, women and others burst onto the streets of Britain last Saturday.

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Utterly Nuttall-lie. I can’t believe Ukip isn’t racist! It is
The Troublemaker

Utterly Nuttall-lie. I can’t believe Ukip isn’t racist! It is

Ukip leader Paul Nuttall seems to be easily confused. He is Ukip’s candidate in the Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election due next week
14 February 2017
A show of confidence as workers walk out at four Picturehouse cinemas
News

A show of confidence as workers walk out at four Picturehouse cinemas

Hundreds of workers took part in the biggest cinema strike in British history today, Saturday.
11 February 2017
Poking fun at Egypt's rulers and refusing to be silenced
Reviews & Culture

Poking fun at Egypt’s rulers and refusing to be silenced

Anne Alexander looks at Tickling Giants, a documentary film about Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef who refused to be a mouthpiece for the counter-revolution, just one of many award-winning films at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival in London next month
10 February 2017
Resistance spreads on US campuses as Trump plans fresh attacks
International

Resistance spreads on US campuses as Trump plans fresh attacks

US activists are celebrating the decision by a panel of judges that continues the suspension of President Trump's Muslim ban. But there are many more battles to come.
10 February 2017
Lord Dubs slams Tory decision to shut out child refugees
News

Lord Dubs slams Tory decision to shut out child refugees

The same Tory government that’s opening the door to bigot-in-chief Donald Trump slammed it in the face of lone child refugees this week.
09 February 2017
Don't play into Labour right's attempt to divide left over Brexit
News

Don’t play into Labour right’s attempt to divide left over Brexit

Labour MPs rebellion against left wing party leader Jeremy Corbyn last night, Wednesday, was probably smaller than what the right wing had hoped.
09 February 2017
Egyptian textile workers' strike shows growing anger at regime's austerity
International

Egyptian textile workers’ strike shows growing anger at regime’s austerity

Around 3,000 textile workers in Mahalla, northern Egypt, walked on Tuesday out in a sign of growing discontent at spiralling living costs. 
08 February 2017
Jeremy Hunt's racist clampdown in the NHS will cost lives
News

Jeremy Hunt’s racist clampdown in the NHS will cost lives

Prime minister Theresa May and health minister Jeremy Hunt ramped up the assault on migrants and the NHS this week.
07 February 2017
US federal court rejects Trump’s racist travel ban
News

US federal court rejects Trump’s racist travel ban

US president Donald Trump’s ban on refugees and Muslims was deemed illegal at the beginning of this week. But the thuggish bully immediately hit back.
07 February 2017
Tory housing policy papers over the cracks and won't solve the crisis
News

Tory housing policy papers over the cracks and won’t solve the crisis

The Tories’ Housing White Paper released this week marks a shift away from the pretence that everyone can buy their own home.
07 February 2017
Shipped off and enslaved to build a new world of wealth
Reviews & Culture

Shipped off and enslaved to build a new world of wealth

The remake of 1970s TV series Roots personalises the struggles that slaves faced and helps expose the roots of racism today, writes?Antony Hamilton
07 February 2017
Care crisis 'not our problem' minister tells families after slashing funding
News

Care crisis ‘not our problem’ minister tells families after slashing funding

After fuelling a crisis in social care by slashing billions in funding, the Tories have said children should be responsible for looking after their elderly parents.
07 February 2017