RAMZY BAROUD looks at how Western media are being forced to kowtow to the Establishment’s war narratives
Remembering the life and work of Jessie Stephen
ANN HENDERSON pays tribute to an outstanding women’s rights activist and trade unionist
Jessie Stephen (1893-1979)
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MARC VANDEPITTE says AI is driving the pace of destruction to unprecedented speed
ADRIAN WEIR looks at the positives and negatives in the Employment Rights Act as delivered, and explains why the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom and Strike Map are rallying for a second Bill this weekend
The public recognise the corrosive influence of the rich over our democracy, argues MIKE COWLEY — it’s a shame the Labour Party doesn’t
ANDREW MURRAY reviews a ruling class divided on how to adapt to Trump’s new world disorder — and the basis for united opposition to it
JORDAN RIVERA and DEANA BROOKS assess the recently concluded 358-day strike, related disputes at other hospital trusts and lessons for future action
ALONG with thousands of other women, I joined the Processions 2018 march in Edinburgh on Sunday June 10.
It was a fantastic day, with colourful and imaginative banners, bringing women of all generations and communities together, with memories of the past and hopes for the future.
Visitors to the city of Edinburgh that day stopped us to talk, to tell us stories of other struggles for the vote, and we all challenged each other to recall correctly our history.
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KENNY MacASKILL reminds us of the unprecedented political career of a Scottish miner’s militant son who stayed the course and true to his roots
ANN HENDERSON looks at the trailblazers of the Women’s Trade Union League and their successful fight for female factory inspectors — a battle that echoes in today’s workplace campaigns
Maggie Bowden was a trailblazing campaigning lawyer at Birnberg and Thompsons, women’s organiser of the Communist Party, and general secretary of Liberation
RON JACOBS recommends a painstaking study of the communists and revolutionaries who congregated in Moscow after 1917