BEN CHACKO speaks with Knesset member OFER CASSIF about rising political violence, the prospects for peace and his continuous ‘silencing by suspension’
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A recovery programme for Scotland’s workers
A new report from the Scottish TUC calls for the introduction of a National Care Service, a green stimulus package, sectoral collective bargaining and democratic public ownership, reports ROZ FOYER
Last week's package of £3.6 billion over 6 months for may sound like a hefty sum, but it is in all truth small beer compared to the challenges we face — we need investment in new green industries and a greater say for workers
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
NEXT week sees the start of Challenge Poverty Week co-ordinated by the Scottish Poverty Alliance. Their key message is that “as we plan our economic recovery, we must redesign our economy to reflect the values of justice and compassion we all share.”
This reflects the view, widely held among Scotland’s civil society and campaigning organisations, that recovery must not mean going back to the place we were before the pandemic.
That place is a Scotland where the two richest families now have as much wealth as the poorest 20 per cent of the population, while Scotland’s richest twenty families are wealthier than the bottom 30 per cent of the population combined. Low pay is endemic and work is insecure for hundreds of thousands of people.
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