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'Flag of solidarity'
DOZENS of trade unionists from across the country converged on Edinburgh today to demand justice for “Scotland’s George Floyd” in an act of solidarity with his family.
Sheku Bayoh died of asphyxiation in Police Scotland custody on May 3 2015, bound hand and foot having been pinned beneath six police officers.
Two years into an inquiry, which forced outgoing chief constable of Police Scotland Iain Livingstone to admit his force was “institutionally racist,” focus turned to race, prompting today’s vigil.
Working-class women lead the fight for fair work and equitable pay and against sexual harassment, the rise of the far right and years of failed austerity policies, writes ROZ FOYER
The Home Secretary’s recent letter suggests the Labour government may finally deliver on its nine-year manifesto commitment, writes KATE FLANNERY, but we must move quickly: as recently as 2024 Northumbria police destroyed miners’ strike documents
