A November 15 protest in Mexico – driven by a right-wing social-media operation – has been miscast as a mass uprising against President Sheinbaum. In reality, the march was small, elite-backed and part of a wider attempt to sow unrest, argues DAVID RABY
THIS week’s loss of life in the English Channel is one in a long line of tragedies that are the direct result of the abject failure of the British government and governments across Europe to design and implement a humane system for supporting refugees.
Refugees seeking safety in Britain represent just a tiny fraction of the world’s total. They are fleeing from the war-torn and repressive cauldrons like Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan that Western imperialism has done so much to create and foment.
Our march and rally is now 33 years old. In 1988, the General Council of the STUC was approached by the Scottish Asian Action Committee (SAAC) to help organise a Scottish Day of Action against Racism in November of 1988.
Working-class women lead the fight for fair work and equitable pay and against sexual harassment, the rise of the far right and years of failed austerity policies, writes ROZ FOYER
Ahead of next year’s parliamentary elections, ROZ FOYER warns that a bold tax policy is needed to rebuild devastated public services which can serve as the foundation of a strong, fair economy
Congress can chart a bold course that will force meaningful transformation for the people of Scotland



