We face austerity from the government, privatisation via academies, a toxic influence on our students online, the attacks of the populist right in Trump and Farage — but we are growing, in number, in militancy — and we have shown we cannot be beaten, says NEU general secretary DANIEL KEBEDE
Is Scottish independence the only way to ‘renew democracy?’
PAULINE BRYAN objects to the narrow scope of the SNP's new paper which fails to include any alternatives to full independence or keeping the status quo
Nicola Sturgeon
In a revealing speech, Trump’s economic adviser has exposed the actual strategy behind the tariff policy: forcing other countries to provide financial support for US world hegemony, reports MARC VANDEPITTE
Activist Angie Zelter has been arrested more than a hundred times. She’s not stopping now, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Natalia Marques looks at last week's ruling that Khalil can be deported and its implications
We are not here to advocate for the arms industry or its CEOs, writes STEVE HANDFORD, and that means we must take a stand against the government’s spending on war
As Labour mimics Tory welfare cuts while ignoring crumbling schools, educators must collectively resist the government's priorities and fight for an inclusive, creative system that values all children, writes NEU president SARAH KILPATRICK
Although our sector is hearing better things from the current government, the recognition that what we do is education in its own right, rather than just childcare, is still not reflected in policy, writes LUCY COLEMAN
THERE has been no summer break in Scotland for those engaged in party politics. The Scottish Conservatives have been caught up in the leadership election. The two candidates seem determined to rally support for independence by their obvious disdain for devolution.
In early July the Scottish Labour Party issued Better Government for the UK. It was announced as the first in a series of documents, but this first paper seems to have disappeared. It is possible that it was sidelined because, as Anas Sarwar said in his speech, Labour is now proposing a new senate where members should be directly elected, with a mandate to represent their nation or region.
The SNP government has so far produced two of what will be a series of papers under the collective title Building a New Scotland — the first was reviewed by Vince Mills in the Morning Star (No clarity on who really runs Scotland, July 5). This has now been followed by Renewing Democracy Through Independence.
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There is little benefit coming to Scotland or the wider UK from projects like Rosebank or Jackdaw – or indeed renewables – as profits are siphoned out of the country by foreign companies, writes PAULINE BRYAN
Unwanted, imposed Tory interventions on Scotland fuelled demands for devolution, and today Labour risks repeating past mistakes if Ian Murray seeks to bypass Holyrood on spending, warns PAULINE BRYAN
With a lack of radical thinking from the Starmer-led UK government, support for Scottish independence is unlikely to evaporate any time soon – spelling trouble ahead for Anas Sarwar, argues PAULINE BRYAN
The party north of the border needs to have a serious think about how it retains its newly elected MPs in the future. How those MPs are able to assert Scottish policy in the UK Parliament will be key, argues PAULINE BRYAN
