Police crackdowns on Israeli peace demonstrators combined with court rulings and settler organisations are designed to strip Palestinian families of their homes and land. The Israeli state has tried to silence both Israelis and Palestinians who resist, according to Zo HaDerekh (This Is The Way) the Communist Party of Israel’s Hebrew-language weekly
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When lockdown ends, protecting our NHS and social care sector and preventing a second wave of the virus will be at the top of the priorities list, says BILL KIDD MSP
The attacks on black academics are well-funded and relentless, writes DIANE ABBOTT, and they need to be fearlessly resisted by all concerned
Communists in Australia, Britain and the US outlined a joint state agreement against their governments’ militarist provocations.
Extreme hot weather resulting from environmental change needs to be tackled through greater firefighting investment instead of fewer jobs and less resources, writes COLIN BROWN
Faced with crises in every direction, Volodymr Zelensky is rewriting his country’s complex history by paying homage to the founding fathers of Ukrainian ultra-nationalism and courting their modern heirs, writes KENNY COYLE
There are many intricate details about the new Saudi, Turkish and Pakistani alliance we do not yet know, suggests ROGER McKENZIE, but its impact could be considerable
NEXT May’s elections seem a very long way off when all our focus and energy are turned towards dealing with the devastating effects of the Covid-19 virus.
However, as we all know, living in a democracy our election cycle will inevitably, and rightly, come back round.
So far, with the increased volume of work that has come through my office in terms of all the constituent and systems changes to be dealt with, until writing this article, I hadn’t really given next year’s Scottish Parliament elections a great deal of thought.
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