Rejuvenated and ready to play a part
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
The welcome news that Cuba has finally been removed from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list is tempered by the fact that Donald Trump, the man who put it there, is returning to the White House, warns NATASHA HICKMAN
Thanks to impressive progress in Britain with wind and solar generation, clean electricity now costs a fraction of the price of gas — yet the current system keeps bills artificially high to protect fossil fuels, writes TOM HARDY
By spreading race-based conspiracy theories, the billionaire tycoon turned right-wing provocateur has been seriously undermining the case against those who really did let victims of the grooming gangs down, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
Many Western countries are grappling with deep political instability. What are the causes of this, and what could be a possible way forward? asks MARC VANDEPITTE
KEITH BENNETT explains why, despite its present meagre economic outcomes, an honest and fruitful partnership with China is worth pursuing
Nick Wright talks to photographer and author JANINA STRUK
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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