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Tackling poverty in Scotland cannot happen without properly funded public services. Unison is leading the debate
School support workers, who are members of Unison, Unite and GMB Scotland, on the picket line at Portobello High School in Edinburgh, September 26, 2023
On the 80th anniversary of liberation from Nazi-fascism, left forces in Italy mobilise against genocide, armament, and the Meloni government, reports ANA VRACAR
After a ruinous run at Tolkien, the streaming platforms are moving on to Narnia — a naff mix of religious allegory, colonial attitudes, and thinly veiled prejudices that is beyond rescuing, writes STEPHEN ARNELL
Congress can chart a bold course that will force meaningful transformation for the people of Scotland
Edinburgh can take great pride in an episode of its history where a murderous captain of the city guard was brought to justice by a righteous crowd — and nobody snitched to Westminster in the aftermath, writes MAT COWARD
When privatisation is already so deeply embedded in the NHS, we can’t just blindly argue for ‘more funding’ to solve its problems, explain ESTHER GILES, NICO CSERGO, BRIAN GIBBONS and RATHI GUHADASAN
There are only two things that stand between workers and the musket’s volley today - the ballot and the union, asserts MATT KERR
WE need a serious debate about public services in Scotland: what quality of services do Scots want and how much are they willing to pay for them?
Scotland’s anti-poverty organisation, Poverty Alliance, and Scotland’s largest union, Unison, have joined forces to take this message into the heart of every political party to influence the 2026 Scottish Parliament campaigns, and we are starting with fringe meetings at every party conference.
So far, Scottish Labour and Scottish Lib Dem conferences have been a great success with packed meetings and stimulating debate; party members clearly want to engage with us. And the Scotland Demands Better campaign is encouraging unions to join a demonstration which has now been confirmed for October 25 in Edinburgh.
As Reform UK threatens to capitalise on public anger, our Establishment politicians simply refuse to acknowledge their role in creating the very alienation that gives succour to Farage, writes CRAIG ANDERSON
