State machinery was widely employed to secure favourable outcomes in India’s recent regional elections against three progressive regional governments who dared to challenge Narendra Modi, asserts VIJAY PRASHAD
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Any National Care Service must be paid for with taxes
Scotland is looking at a groundbreaking extension of social provision — or is it? Unless this project is publicly funded and run, with the private equity firms and hedge funds kept out, it will be a step sideways at best, argues BRENDA AITCHISON
Scottish unions have demanded Nicola Sturgeon remove private finance from any proposed national care service
It is too early to assume a US defeat in Iran — we must prepare for a long anti-war struggle, argues JOHN ROSS
ROGER McKENZIE says the ANC needs to respect South Africa’s Communists and their decision to stand independently at elections
KENNY MacASKILL remembers the woman who first translated The Communist Manifesto into English
The election offers a critical chance to shape the future of pay, care and community provision in Wales, says Unison’s JESS TURNER
As Scotland heads to the polls, the main parties offer variations on the same script, says MATT KERR
OH, isn’t it surprising how quickly the ruling elites forget about the challenges we have faced over the past two years? I am of course being sarcastic; it comes as no surprise at all.
While we are still in a pandemic, so many politicians and business leaders seem to want to gloss over the ongoing challenges. If we add to this the perfect storms of increased fuel costs, tax rises and record levels of inflation, it is not a great start to the new year for so many households across the country.
This is not the case for the elite few who have gained so much during the global pandemic. The recently published Oxfam report Inequality Kills makes for grim reading.
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