A vast US war fleet deployed in the south Caribbean — ostensibly to fight drug-trafficking but widely seen as a push for violent regime change — has sparked international condemnation and bipartisan resistance in the US itself. FRANCISCO DOMINGUEZ reports
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As inequality grows, so too does our collective power
As we watch the cost-of-living crisis deepen and see full-time workers relying on foodbanks and charities, we are also witnessing the rapid growth of class consciousness and trade union action against poverty, writes BRENDA AITCHISON
ANSELM ELDERGILL recalls the misjudgments, mishaps and moments of farce that shaped his years in legal practice
MAT COWARD tells how 18th-century scholar and revolutionary democrat Joseph Ritson turned a medieval outlaw into England’s people’s hero — soon to be gracing panto halls around the nation
The Communist Party of Britain’s Congress last month debated a resolution on ending opposition to all nuclear power in light of technological advances and the climate crisis. RICHARD HEBBERT explains why
Amid the festive lights, Scotland faces a stark holiday truth: only real investment in public services and the workers who sustain them can lift communities out of poverty, argues LILIAN MACER
Behind the cute names of Scotland’s road gritters lies a workforce underpaid and overlooked – a fitting reflection of a Budget that protected profits, bungled its rollout and offered hardly a glimmer of hope, writes MATT KERR
LAST WEEK saw the publication of the latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine. There was much media attention due to its cover star Harry Styles’s resplendent pink sequin shorts and white fur coat. But it was the editor’s letter by Cliff Joannou which caught my attention.
He writes that we don’t hear good news and we often don’t have much to celebrate — but as British music exports rose by 13.7 per cent in 2021, he says that the arts are here to save us.
As I visited the Edinburgh Festival last week, I agreed in part. The performances were diverse, entertaining, thought-provoking, joyous — a visual and auditory feast.
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