Olive oil remains a vital foundation of food, agriculture and society, storing power in the bonds of solidarity. Though Palestinians are under attack, they continue to press forward write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
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How Britain lets down its most vulnerable kids
Paul Donovan reports from a parliamentary meeting on the fate of children whose parents have been sent to prison
VIJAY PRASHAD looks at the web of militias and drug-trafficking gangs that emerged in the Sweida region through the Syrian civil war, and how they relate to recent clashes and Israel’s intervention
JOE ATTARD explains why trade unionists are rallying in solidarity against the recent arrest of political activists in Gilgit-Baltistan, the northernmost region of Kashmir, administered by Pakistan
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Why not pay a visit to Feile an Phobail, a people’s festival of community arts with roots in the days of internment without trial, and where the spirit of solidarity remains undimmed, says LYNDA WALKER
VINCE MILLS says Scottish Labour has adopted better positions than its Westminster counterpart — but unless it starts to fight for them that will count for nothing
Children are finishing up innocent victims of crime - when their parents are imprisoned.
When parents go to jail children are left behind to be looked after by relatives or taken into care by social services.
The scandal of children being torn away from their parents with little regard for their wellbeing was exposed at a parliamentary meeting last week chaired by Labour's Andy Burnham and organised by charities Pact and Grandparents Plus.
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