A COALITION of more than 70 human rights and campaign groups has presented a petition to Downing Street demanding the government drop its bid to outlaw investment boycotts.
The Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill, or anti-boycott Bill, is about to enter its committee stage in the Commons.
It aims to prevent publicly financed organisations such as councils, universities and public-sector pension funds from deciding how to spend, invest and trade ethically, in line with international law and human rights.
ARTHUR WEST surveys the achievements of the Scottish campaign against South African apartheid and how we can draw on them to fight a rising far right
The struggle for Palestinian freedom has become a defining issue for everyone committed to justice, democracy and peace, says PETER LEARY ahead of the Stop the War International Conference on Saturday
Trade unionists must raise our voices not only for justice and against occupation, but also to protect our fundamental right to protest, writes LOUISE REGAN, ahead of a not-to-be-missed PSC conference



