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Scottish council elections – a bad night for us all
STEPHEN LOW sizes up last Thursday’s election results north of the border – and warns that local democracy and municipal services are in need of defending
PRABHAT PATNAIK looks at how the development of capitalism from the start divided the world into unequal segments
Labour, like the Tories, sees rising mental ill health simply as a spending problem — but it reflects a diseased society, argues DR DAVID MATTHEWS
As Palestine Action prisoners go weeks without food, alleging dangerous neglect and detention without trial, campaigners warn that a near-total media blackout is hiding a crisis that could turn fatal – and fuel a growing wave of public anger. ELIZABETH SHORT reports
As the new party emerges from its founding conference with a bold socialist identity, its future hinges on whether it can provide the organisational clarity needed to turn class sentiment into class power, argues NICK WRIGHT
RICHARD BURGON MP argues the left must build on recent victories and urgently unite around a bold cost-of-living programme
ALL OF the parties came out of the council elections in Scotland with something to smile about — yes, even the Tories.
Having a very bad night indeed, though, was whole idea of local government. So the losers on Thursday were pretty much all of us.
The contest to run Scotland’s councils might be over, but the fight to defend local government really needs to get started.
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