Cuba, despite the privations, remains a beacon of sovereignty and resistance to imperialism, writes BERNARD REGAN
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Stark choices ahead
Should Reform gain a toe-hold in Scottish political life, the tectonic plates will have shifted an increment closer to the abyss, writes MIKE COWLEY
Reform UK CEO Nigel Farage during the Reform UK South East conference, at Sandown Park Racecourse in Esher, Surrey, January 10, 2025
Honduras may not be as much in the spotlight as Venezuela and Cuba right now, but Trump's circling vultures are making their move. JOHN PERRY reports
International solidarity can ensure that Trump and his machine cannot prevail without a level of political and economic cost that he will not want to pay, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
With the illegitimate partition of Palestine, and inflicting ongoing terror on Palestinians, Israel and the US continue to smash down the basic principles of democracy
Despite opposition from Greenland’s people and Denmark, Washington intends to control the Arctic territory one way or another. Strategic dominance, mineral wealth and military power are the driving forces at play, writes ROGER McKENZIE
NICK WRIGHT returns to Berlin and finds a city in darkness and political turmoil
IT’S ONLY weeks old, but already 2025 has been generous to a fault in providing ample evidence of Gramsci’s oft-quoted depiction of the interregnum between a dying social order and an uncertain future. Exemplified by the “morbid symptom” of the Trump/Musk axis, we are witness to “a time of monsters” and demagogues.
To say we live in dangerous times has become a mundane truism. So as the year unfolds, where can the Scottish left find grounds for an optimism of the spirit as the 2026 Scottish general election looms?
As reported in these pages, Reform is on course to win 13 seats at Holyrood next year. Polling data should of course be subject to a thoroughgoing scepticism. But the prospect of a rump of racist MSPs exploiting their Holyrood platform to sow hate and division should clarify the thoughts of the left’s broad spectrum. It is time for unity in the face of a far right growing in confidence.
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