PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE explains why opposing war is inseparable from defending jobs, wages and public services – and why readers should come to the London Peace Conference on Saturday June 20
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Recent events have shown the best and the worst of Scottish politics
The wider political climate and abandonment, until recently, of a class-based analysis, has left baseless conspiracy theories unchallenged
Hazel Nolan and Rhea Wolfson
As protests erupt over Henry Nowak’s murder, ANDREW MURRAY argues that anger is being exploited to advance a wider racist and anti-immigration agenda
CARLOS MARTINEZ explains the sound case for car manufacturing co-operation with China
The National Emergency Briefing outlines the need for urgent action to address environmental crisis, says PAUL DONOVAN, warning that there’s no time to indulge the arguments of the fossil-fuel-funded climate-change deniers
Campaigners say criticism of Labour MP Stephen Morgan’s position on Gaza has been met with police intervention and cancelled opportunities for debate. HESTER WOLFE reports
The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights warns of escalation danger in Iran war
LAST week’s equal pay strikes showed the best of Scottish politics — working class women speaking for themselves and many of their male colleagues at Glasgow City Council standing in solidarity and refusing to cross picket lines.
One sickening reaction to the dispute, however, has shown the very worst.
This came from nationalist blogger Gareth Wardell, who writes and tweets under the pseudonym “Grouse Beater.” He described GMB Scotland official Rhea Wolfson, who is Jewish, as deploying “fascist demagoguery” in her stewardship of the strike.
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