Monday 28 September 2020


Covid-19 | Labour: ‘Government sowing seeds of more university Covid chaos’




Modern slavery | Government misled MPs on trafficking data in at least 25 instances since 2015




Media | Rumours of Dacre and Moore to head BBC and Ofcom ‘provocative’ and ‘worrying’





Editorial | What should we make of Tory plans for the BBC?










'Life-threatening conditions' | Campaigners demand end to preventable deaths of babies in prisons




Universal Basic Services | New labour grassroots group sets out radical 10-pillar plan to expand ‘NHS Style’ free at the point of use to more services




BDS | Students to rally for Palestine in virtual event









Protest | Sixteen protesters arrested in most recent demo against coronavirus lockdown




Education | Government guidance slammed for defining anti-capitalism as ‘extremist’




Arms trade | Britain is negotiating the sale of military aircraft to Kazakhstan





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Campaign of the Week | We make events — don’t abandon us




Mark Serwotka | Never before has the need for unions to stand and fight together been greater




Amanda Campbell | Independent trade unions are playing a central role in the ongoing political crisis in Belarus





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US | Louisville Black Lives Matter marches continue over failure to charge officers who killed Breonna Taylor




Mexico | Arrest warrants for abductors of the 43 Iguala students 'gives hope,' say justice campaigners




Middle East | Syria says Turkey ‘reigns supreme’ in sponsoring international terrorism









Belarus | ‘Lukashenko must go,’ says French President Macron ahead of trip to Lithuania




Germany | ‘Massive police violence’ deployed against environmental protesters




France | Paris park named after Guadeloupe freedom fighter Solitude









Books | Long Shot: The Triumphs and Struggles of an NBA Freedom Fighter is a singular lesson of history in the making




Podcast | Dare Devil Rides to Jarama is an excellent play on Spanish civil war heroes




Music | Latest albums released by Kate Rusby, Bright Eyes and Dana Gavanski