BEN CHACKO speaks with Knesset member OFER CASSIF about rising political violence, the prospects for peace and his continuous ‘silencing by suspension’
A badly drafted piece of legislation – from whatever standpoint
The Scottish gender reform Bill is unworkable, unpopular and could impinge on reserved law with harmful results for women and girls. Labour should support the application of S33 and 35 of the Scotland Act to prevent it passing into law, argues ANN HENDERSON
A view of the Scottish Parliament building
The choice between two Blairites to revamp the tepid centrism of our ruling party doesn’t even come as cold comfort as we wander the city streets suffering from their third decade of austerity and the fifth of wage stagnation, writes MATT KERR
HENRY FOWLER puts the strike of public-sector workers in New Zealand in the wider context of deteriorating employment conditions throughout the world’s major economies
MAT COWARD looks back at a protest 105 years ago this month, whose reporting by the media bears uncomfortable similarities with demos today
The Tricontinental Institute for Social Research explores the factors that are bringing today’s highly educated but often underemployed young people out onto the streets, from Chile, to Algeria, to Nepal
The nation’s leading second-hand socialist bookseller that has been running strong for 33 years is changing hands and expanding its vision — now is the time to get involved, buy, donate and support, writes ANDREW MURRAY
AT THE opening ceremony for the new Scottish Parliament building on October 9 2004, the message in Edwin Morgan’s poem “Open the Doors! Light of the day shine in; Light of the mind, shine out” took centre stage.
A mood of optimism, of political confidence, and of a parliament which engaged fully with the citizens of Scotland, filled that new home for the Parliament.
We had moved from the temporary accommodation which had been the Parliament’s home since 1999, and there was still an enthusiasm for doing politics better than in the past.
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