Speakers in Berlin traced how Germany’s rearmament, US-led violence abroad and the repression of solidarity at home are converging in a dangerous drive toward war. BEN CHACKO reports
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As Holyrood sets the Budget, the gulf between rich and poor is wider than ever. PETER OLECH of Unite Community Scotland argues that only by taxing extreme wealth can we properly fund public services and deliver justice for working-class communities
Israel’s recognition of Somaliland has little to do with self-determination and far more to do with strategy, offering Israel a potential military foothold near Yemen, says JE ROSENBERG
Statement of the Tudeh Party of Iran
ONE of the most useful developments in gardening over the last couple of decades has been the introduction by almost all seed companies of salad leaf mixtures.
They’re the home-grower’s equivalent of the supermarket’s mixed salad bags.
Instead of growing a row of, say, lettuce from one packet, a row of rocket from another, and one of mustard greens from yet another, you just sow one lot of seed from a single mixed packet.
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