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The end of the year – and a time to reflect
With new faces being elected to both to government and to my union, PCS, 2024 has been a year of change – with new challenges ahead for 2025, writes LYNN HENDERSON
JOHN PERRY examines the forces seeking to use the end of Xiomara Castro’s term to return Honduras to Washington’s camp, with this month’s elections at risk of interference
THE threat of further attacks upon Iran, following the bombings by Israel and the United States in June 2025, looms large in the thinking of the Iranian people. The leadership of the Islamic Republic is however corrupt, divided and in danger of paving the way for foreign intervention. Codir’s executive member Steve Bishop reports
From mass protests to plummeting poll numbers on immigration and health policy, and from devastating cuts to Medicaid and Medicare to the anti-science upheaval at federal health agencies, the president’s agenda is radicalising voters against him, argues JOHN LISTER
Whether in recycling or energy policy, a deeper crisis in long-term thinking is apparent in Scotland. With the new Budget looming, MATT KERR wonders if we can move beyond shallow, headline-grabbing measures
Ahead of elections next year, Scottish Labour is seeking to jump-start its political fortunes – but without bringing wealth and wealth production under democratic control, the party’s future looks in doubt, says VINCE MILLS
HOGMANAY, the last day of 2024, gives me the opportunity to reflect on the year gone by for my union, the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS), and also our class, our struggles and achievements at home and internationally.
As I approach my 60th year, I also take time for personal reflection back over 40 or so years of activism — as a 14-year-old joining Scottish CND, as a further education college student activist, as a lifelong Labour and trade union movement activist, through the campaign for devolution, voluntary work for refugees, in the Scottish TUC and as a long-serving officer in the PCS.
This column however covers just a few key matters that stand out for me in 2024.
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