The SNP’s government programme for the next five years raises the threat of more cuts and attacks on the public sector, engagement with unions and service users is essential, argues ROZ FOYER
Not all doom and gloom on climate and biodiversity
The BBC’s Earthshots programme shows there is hope for planet Earth, says PAUL DONOVAN
Sea otters are helping kelp forests to revive
MARK JONES recounts the remarkable revolutionary pioneers Goodwyn Barmby and Catherine Watkins, who brought the term communist into the British labour movement.
The West’s policies in Yemen are in tatters as the Ansarallah forces have taken strategic territory and humiliated Saudi-backed militias. This provides an opportunity to end Britain’s shameful policy in the region, argues STEPHEN BELL
KEITH FLETT pays tribute to the resilience of the peace and anti-imperialist movement in Britain that emerged after the September 11 attacks and is ever-more needed today
The US administration is endangering lives by reversing environmental protection laws, CHAUNCEY K ROBINSON argues
It’s time to stop retreating and go on the offensive to promote working-class interests, argues DOUG NICHOLLS
THERE is often much doom and gloom when it comes to the questions of climate change and biodiversity destruction.
There are big expectations for the upcoming Cop26 meeting in Glasgow, where it is hoped countries will put their money where their mouths are and set about making the changes needed to save the planet.
However, there is good news about things already happening to address the crisis. The recent Earthshot series on BBC1 told of a number of excellent initiatives across the world to deal with the environmental emergency.
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