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Schooling in a time of Covid
Dave Lister on a litany of broken promises, planning failures and continuing safety anxieties
Why I opposed the Covert Human Intelligence Services Bill
Apsana Begum on dangerous government incursions on human rights
As Brexit promises fade, no good options on the trade deal table
Nick Dearden on Johnson’s embrace of the ‘shock doctrine’
Government in fantasy land on climate crisis
Boris Johnson plans to slash energy efficiency spending to pay for small nuclear power and hydrogen, writes Dave Toke
Debt myths
Dennis Leech says Labour has to ditch the pursuit of balanced budgets or become irrelevant
Save Nature, Save Humanity!
Tim Root sees Joe Biden’s election as a chance to boost international efforts to tackle deforestation
Greek Golden Dawn fascists jailed
Josephine Grahl on an historic victory against Greek neo-Nazis
Focus on actions not personalities
Misplaced responses from old and new leaders hamper Party efforts to tackle antisemitism, says Mike Davis
For a caring economy
Hana Abid reports on an innovative prospectus for a gender-equal economy rejecting a focus on growth
Facing oblivion
Simon Tait reports on the dire prospects for the arts in a time of Covid
Trump defeated – but Trumpism rages on
While Trump plots, Democrat Joe Biden looks set to take over in the White House. How did the Democrats win the poll and how influential will the socialist left be? Paul Garver on the takeaways from the US elections