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
The British establishment needs to accept its role in creating the refugee crisis
Our politicians cannot talk about stopping people from seeking safety on these shores when their decisions drive the conflicts and crises that create refugees, argues PAUL DONOVAN
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 are a growing number of refugees across the world.
Most recently there has been much publicity concerning the refugees coming out of Afghanistan.
Also, those taking the dangerous route across the English Channel in search of refuge.
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