While riding the No 3 bus in Glasgow MATT KERR has ample time to dissect the moribund Scottish Labour decline into near oblivion and watch intriguing bus passenger dynamics
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Fighting for tenants in Scotland
DANNY PILKINGTON explains how Living Rent have successfully campaigned for their members during Covid and their vision for housing reform
Members of Scotland's tenants' union Living Rent campaigning
The best wildfire service may begin with the community, argues KOMAL RAJ ARYAL
Dignity is important to all humans, argues the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School, but it does not come about automatically. In a less than perfect world, dignity can accompany suffering, but the collective dignity of working people is achieved through acting together to change the world.
The US aim to reshape the existing order in the Middle East needs to be resolutely resisted, argues PAYAM SOLHTALAB
Concessions to Washington by the post-Maduro leadership in Caracas are designed to preserve the core of the Bolivarian Revolution not betray it, argue Roger D Harris, Francisco Dominguez and Mara Paez Victor. How the solidarity movement responds is critical
ALMA EGAN suggests four days out that bring the region’s history of protest to life
AS VACCINE rollouts and loosened restrictions usher us into a new phase of the pandemic, there is plenty to be optimistic about. The significance of an “end in sight” cannot be overstated.
However, despite the relief that we all feel, there is an underlying dread: as tenants, as precarious workers, as people whose incomes have been hard hit, we know there are challenging times ahead.
The Scottish government has brought in an eviction ban until the September 30 but only in Tier 3 and 4 areas. The furlough scheme is due to wind up at the end of September. Trade unions are already combatting “fire-and-rehire” employment tactics.
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