Washington’s inability to subjugate Iran is an example of how it is trying to preserve a regional order that no longer exists, argues RAMZY BAROUD
The art of activism post-pandemic
JAMIE CALDWELL explains how Unite Community is using creative skills developed during lockdown for future organising
Cartoonist Bob Starrett with Jamie Caldwell
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US financial instability is exposing the limits of a dollar-dominated global economy — and giving the Global South a historic chance to build an alternative, says MURAD QURESHI
DOUG NICHOLLS says the parasitic finance markets must be challenged or another British government could be toppled
The late country singer’s Imagination Library has put hundreds of millions of books into children’s hands. We should build on that legacy by defending the libraries at the heart of our communities, says BRENDA AITCHISON
Deprivation is a fundamental factor in criminal behaviour that must be addressed but, KENNY MacASKILL argues, there needs to a major rethink in sentencing to tackle overcrowding
MML director MEIRIAN JUMP outlines the recently refreshed library’s busy autumn schedule that ranges from book sales, archival exploration, community work with online education and the ever popular site tours
TONY BURKE surveys the shifting political landscape and the challenges Labour needs to address if it is to prevail in the 2028 federal elections
THINK back to the agenda of events pre-pandemic with video calls that didn’t happen or gave up the ghost after 30 minutes of connection and reconnection headaches.
Now it’s hard to remember the fears of April 2020 and the challenges it presented to the movement of organising collectively when everyone is in isolation.
For me, I was challenged to consider how we organise communities across Scotland from our kitchens against the backdrop of the pandemic.
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