While riding the No 3 bus in Glasgow MATT KERR has ample time to dissect the moribund Scottish Labour decline into near oblivion and watch intriguing bus passenger dynamics
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Women wave their national flags during a rally marking the 46st anniversary of Land Day, near the fence of the Gaza Strip's border with Israel
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Dignity is important to all humans, argues the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School, but it does not come about automatically. In a less than perfect world, dignity can accompany suffering, but the collective dignity of working people is achieved through acting together to change the world.
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“THE water is back,” one family member would announce in a mix of excitement and panic, often very late at night.
The moment such an announcement was made, my whole family would start running in all directions to fill every tank, container or bottle that could possibly be filled.
Quite often, the water would last only for a few minutes, leaving us with a collective sense of defeat, worrying about the very possibility of surviving.
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