MORNING STAR readers in Glasgow asked today why there is always money for war as public services face hundreds of millions in spending cuts and millions languish in poverty.
The Star’s spring conference once again packed out the STUC headquarters in Bridgeton, Glasgow, where discussions in three sessions ranged from the crisis in public spending itself and visions for future public ownership to the rise in bellicose rhetoric and military spending.
The conference was opened by STUC president Mike Arnott before immediately plunging into the challenges faced by workers in health and social care, a sector in disarray.
Years of underfunding are eroding Scotland’s local services and deepening inequality in communities, says VINCE MILLS
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
BERNADETTE KEAVENEY announces a simplified and streamlined way to get your paper delivered daily, and a big push for new readers that we can all help make into a success
As bus builder Alexander Dennis threatens Falkirk closure and Grangemouth faces ruthless shutdown by tax exile Jim Ratcliffe, RICHARD LEONARD MSP warns that global corporations must be resisted by a bold industrial strategy based on public ownership


