The Gaza Tribunal is a vital step on the path to justice and accountability, writes RAMZY BAROUD
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The economy: why shouldn’t we own it?
Attempts to mystify the workings of the economy in a neoliberal smog are failing — the British public is calling out for an interventionist approach under direct state control, writes MERCEDES VILLALBA MSP
As six out of 10 Argentines don’t vote for Milei LEONEL POBLETE CODUTTI looks at the country’s real crisis that runs far deeper than just the ballot box
ANDREW MURRAY looks back on the ignominious career of the former US vice-president, who died earlier this week
STEPHEN ARNELL wonders at the family resemblance between former prince Andrew and his great-uncle ‘Dickie’
After Zohran Mamdani’s electoral win, BHABANI SHANKAR NAYAK points to the forgotten role of US communists in New York’s radical politics
The Labour leadership’s narrow definition of ‘working people’ leads to distorted and unjust Budget calculations, where the unearned income of the super-wealthy doesn’t factor in at all, argues JON TRICKETT MP
OVER the past 10 years the debate around ownership of the economy has shifted to the left. This might not seem obvious given that we have a Conservative government that is heading into the next election simply hoping that inflation and food prices will fall and in Scotland a government that has balanced its budgets on the backs of local councils, who now regularly close public services while maintaining the regressive council tax.
However, when it comes to industrial strategy, the terms of the debate are changing.
Public ownership of key utilities has always been popular with a majority of voters in Britain, and the disparity between this and the policies of our political parties is striking.
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