BEN CHACKO speaks with Knesset member OFER CASSIF about rising political violence, the prospects for peace and his continuous ‘silencing by suspension’
‘Idle cranes don’t feed the weans’
ANN HENDERSON reports on a moving event to commemorate the struggles of those men and women involved in the famous Upper Clyde Shipbuilders work-in of 1971-72
The choice between two Blairites to revamp the tepid centrism of our ruling party doesn’t even come as cold comfort as we wander the city streets suffering from their third decade of austerity and the fifth of wage stagnation, writes MATT KERR
HENRY FOWLER puts the strike of public-sector workers in New Zealand in the wider context of deteriorating employment conditions throughout the world’s major economies
MAT COWARD looks back at a protest 105 years ago this month, whose reporting by the media bears uncomfortable similarities with demos today
The Tricontinental Institute for Social Research explores the factors that are bringing today’s highly educated but often underemployed young people out onto the streets, from Chile, to Algeria, to Nepal
The nation’s leading second-hand socialist bookseller that has been running strong for 33 years is changing hands and expanding its vision — now is the time to get involved, buy, donate and support, writes ANDREW MURRAY
ON SATURDAY March 12, the touring Townsend Theatre production Yes, Yes, UCS came to Clydebank.
The Golden Friendship Community Hall was a very welcoming venue for a day school commemorating 50 years of the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders work-in (1971-72) followed by the theatre performance in the evening.
Bringing together UCS veterans, their families, members of the local community and the trade union movement, the day was informative, but also inspirational.
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