Alvaro Uribe is found guilty of witness tampering and procedural fraud, reports NICK MACWILLIAM
It is unions that have given us hope of building a better Scotland after the pandemic
The values of our movement – of solidarity and co-operation – can prevail, says Scottish Labour leader RICHARD LEONARD
Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard speaks to NHS workers and UNISON members from Lothian Health Branch and Scottish Healthcare during a rally outside the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh
On the anniversary of the implementation of the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act, ROGER McKENZIE warns that the legacy of black enslavement still looms in the Caribbean and beyond
Starmer’s decision to recognise Palestine only as long as Israel continues to massacre its inhabitants has been met with outrage, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
The creative imagination is a weapon against barbarism, writes KENNY COYLE, who is a keynote speaker at the Manifesto Press conference, Art in the Age of Degenerative Capitalism, tomorrow at the Marx Memorial Library & Workers School in London
RAMZY BAROUD explains why the world can no longer ignore Palestine
Starmer’s decision to suspend Diane Abbott yet again demonstrates a determination to maintain and propagate a hierarchy of racism, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
TODAY, representatives of Scotland’s organised labour movement meet in circumstances none of us could have predicted a year ago.
Bustling conference centres and the raucous entertainment of the Morning Star’s Congress social seem a distant memory — but recent news of the development of a vaccine has planted a seed of hope that this essential meeting of minds can resume in physical form next year.
But while we all want to see a sense of normality restored to our daily lives, this Congress is a chance for Scotland’s working people to affirm that there should be no return to the old, failed normal of Scotland’s politics and economics.
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