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From a trades councils perspective, TOM MORRISON gives the lowdown on STUC Congress, where debates on Palestine solidarity and cuts to local council funding were hot topics in the debating hall
CATCHWORD: STUC general secretary Roz Foyer ahead of Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar (below) speaking at the Congress at Caird Hall in Dundee last week
The Islamic Republic’s suddenly weakened regional position exposes the nation to grave threats from US imperialism
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ANSELM ELDERGILL asks whether artificial intelligence may decide legal cases in the future, in place of human judges, and how AI could reshape the legal landscape
Like pieces on a chess board, centrist parties lose ground as they accommodate rather than challenge far-right agendas — socialists must play things better, warns MATT KERR
Yanis Varoufakis and Jeremy Corbyn laid out a roadmap for peace, justice and equality as they celebrated the legacy of inspirational socialist Tony Benn, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
The NEU’s annual conference promises heated debate, with motions on international politics, curriculum reform and union amalgamation likely to provoke strong reactions and challenge the status quo, writes Education for Tomorrow editor ROBERT POOLE
THE Star’s coverage of last week’s successful Scottish Trades Union Congress, ably chaired by Comandante Mike Arnott of Dundee TUC, makes the task of an assessment, without repeating what readers have already read, rather challenging.
So I’d like to focus on the view from a trades council, including some of what we at Clydebank TUC (CTUC) were involved in.
Among the political visitors to Congress were Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar, whose address was almost Fidel Castro-like in length if not in content. In usual, Anas-style, he said what he thought his audience wanted to hear.
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