RMT leader Eddie Dempsey's stark warning shook up a fringe meeting at the Scottish TUC
United we'll never be defeated
MARTIN CAVANAGH highlights his union's work to develop unity of purpose in the face of ongoing xenophobic and racist attacks by the far-right
WE SHALL OVERCOME: Volunteers sweep Sussex Road in Southport, Merseyside, after violent protests following a vigil for three girls killed in a knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed holiday club, Wednesday July 31
Incredibly, US Republican states are systematically dismantling child labour protections, with children transformed back into the cheap, disposable workers of the Dickens era, reports ANDREW MURRAY
KYRIL WHITTAKER looks at what guides Vietnam 50 years after reunification
Scotland’s rapidly growing support for Reform UK is the result of a profound crisis of trust in mainstream politics — one that progressives share, and must harness, writes DEREK THOMSON
COLL McCAIL rejects the Scottish Establishment’s attempt at an ‘elite lockout’ of Reform UK and says the unions should be wary of co-option by their class enemies in Holyrood just to keep one set of austerity-mongers in power instead of Reform UK
That Scotland was an active participant and beneficiary of colonialism and slavery is not a question of blame games and guilt peddling, but a crucial fact assessing the class nature of the questions of devolution and independence, writes VINCE MILLS
The devastating impact of austerity has left Scotland’s education system on its knees, argues ANDREA BRADLEY, urging politicians to show courage by increasing wealth taxation to fund our schools properly
THE tragic events in Southport on Monday July 29, in which three innocent children lost their lives, saw the local community come together at a time of terrible pain and grief for the families and others affected.
There were still other children and two adults also lying in hospital dealing with serious physical injuries and left with unimaginable psychological trauma, trauma no doubt shared by many across our communities.
We now know, that those affected families and the wider community were not allowed to properly grieve and come to terms with the horror that had unfolded.
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