The massacre of Red Crescent and civil defence aid workers has elicited little coverage and no condemnation by major powers — this is the age of lawlessness, warns JOE GILL
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Fighting the price hikes: Glasgow residents take on one of the Big Six
SNP promises to address fuel poverty, make power greener and found a publicly owned provider have come to nothing — now tenants are fighting back against energy giant SSE themselves, reports STEPHANIE MARTIN
Wyndford Residents Union
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Trump’s recent executive order ends union rights for a large number of federal workers, citing national security concerns after some unions vowed to oppose the massive cuts proposed by the new administration, writes PEOPLE’S DISPATCH
JOE BESWICK of the London Renters Union talks to the Morning Star’s new Left on Record programme
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ANDREW MURRAY wonders whether recent opinion polling and a fresh local authority by-election result in Ilford are an indication that the time is ripe for the left to make inroads
Due to the actions of this government, the challenges facing those with disabilities, such as spinal cord injuries, are nigh on insurmountable, argus RUTH HUNT
THE cost-of-living crisis has the working class under assault on multiple fronts. Serving on the committee of the Wyndford Residents Union, I witness first hand the devastating impact that runaway inflation has upon the lowest earners in society.
But there lies great opportunity in times like these too, when the extraction of wealth from the bottom to the top of society has never been more flagrant. Members of my community in Maryhill, Glasgow, spend an average of 54 per cent of their income on energy bills, with our energy provider SSE (formerly Scottish and Southern Energy) reporting a 15 per cent year-on-year increase.
While most consumers have a degree of “flexibility” to their fuel tariffs by changing energy provider 1800 homes in Wyndford are tied to SSE due to its lease of our district heating system.
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