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Creatives organise to survive

Workers in the creative industries across Britain have sparked their trade unions into urgent action to save jobs for the future, act on behalf of freelancers threatened with destitution and safeguard the pay and conditions of full-time employees who are “furloughed”.

Not another day under the EU thumb

16 April 2020

The government must not surrender to the siren song that Covid-19 has made Brexit impossible. On the contrary, the epidemic has made leaving the EU even more urgent.

Never again

3 April 2020

The people of Britain have had to face the Covid-19 epidemic with an emaciated NHS and an atrophied industrial infrastructure. So much for capitalism and the free market.

Fake news? They're having a laugh

2 April 2020

Looking for light relief in this grim situation? Then take a look at the latest publication from the European Union’s External Action Service.

The economics of crisis

29 March 2020

Yes, there is an economic crisis as well as the health and social crisis. But the politics of despair will get us nowhere. Instead, workers need to get to grips with the financial issues involved.

Coronavirus: Cuba leads the way

27 March 2020

During the coronavirus pandemic Cuba is standing out as a shining example of international solidarity and the expertise and medical treatments possible when a country is run in the interests of its people.

Sound advice

20 March 2020

Policy makers are taking full account of a paper from the Imperial College COVID-19 Response team published on 16 March. They are right to do so.

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