As Colombia approaches presidential elections next year, the US decision to decertify the country in the war on drugs plays into the hands of its allies on the political right, writes NICK MacWILLIAM
What’s at stake at this STUC Congress
From a ‘just transition’ to support for ‘fair work’, TOM MORRISON gives his round-up of a Congress that faces a Tory government determined to remove yet more power from councils and, of course, the working class
The move against alleged PKK members that sparked outrage as a community centre in north London was raided last year has now come to trial, writes TONY BURKE, but in the meantime, the peace process abroad has changed the situation almost entirely
A new report points a way to overcome complacent framing of climate issues, ‘by sparking a wider public reckoning with climate realities,’ and reconnecting with working-class people. IAN SINCLAIR reports
We cannot understand today’s world without understanding the rise of China – and we cannot understand China without understanding how it was shaped by the second world war, writes JENNY CLEGG
NICK WRIGHT reports from Italy, where 80 cities saw Gaza strikes as unions paralysed transport and massive crowds clashed with police in Milan — but France is also kicking off, and Westminster, in a very different way, is facing a crisis of legitimacy too
Escalating anti-China rhetoric from the West has a clear purpose – to manufacture consent for the new cold war, and potentially a hot one, argues CARLOS MARTINEZ
THE 125th STUC Congress currently meeting in Aberdeen has an impressive progressive agenda that will build on the STUC existing strategy document For a People’s Recovery.
The composite on finance and taxation policy focuses on the tough times ahead for our public services.
The Tory government has decreed virtually level funding for Scotland for the three years to 2024, in face of record inflation.
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