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We will be returning on Monday 5th January with more hard-hitting news and comment, written by and for the UK left.
Tom Rouse presents the news from USA, Maldives, Syria, and Europe.
Carl Packman reviews Stewart Lansley’s “The Cost of Inequality,” and loves it.
Ed Jacobs presents the round-up of the week in the rest of the UK, outside of the tiny Westminster bubble
Tony Burke examines the future of the IGM, a German superunion, and how they’re weathering the recession
The battle against the health bill continued apace this week, the petition to scrap it soaring past 100,000, making it eligible for a parliamentary debate.
John Biggs argues that LOCOG is unnecessarily opaque about London ticket sales
Alex Hern looks at the calls for a reality-based solution to youth unemployment from the EU socialists
Alan Johnson shows the advantage of the Histadrut’s approach to organisation: A four-day general strike can get incredible results, and here, it was used for non-unionised workers
Alex Hern covers the arrival at Wapping by Rupert Murdoch, as he tries to save the Sun from itself
There is a real possibility that in this year’s French presidential elections the far right Front National could increase their support, writes Sanchia Alasia.
