Washington’s inability to subjugate Iran is an example of how it is trying to preserve a regional order that no longer exists, argues RAMZY BAROUD
Fighting for tenants in Scotland
DANNY PILKINGTON explains how Living Rent have successfully campaigned for their members during Covid and their vision for housing reform
Members of Scotland's tenants' union Living Rent campaigning
US financial instability is exposing the limits of a dollar-dominated global economy — and giving the Global South a historic chance to build an alternative, says MURAD QURESHI
DOUG NICHOLLS says the parasitic finance markets must be challenged or another British government could be toppled
The late country singer’s Imagination Library has put hundreds of millions of books into children’s hands. We should build on that legacy by defending the libraries at the heart of our communities, says BRENDA AITCHISON
Deprivation is a fundamental factor in criminal behaviour that must be addressed but, KENNY MacASKILL argues, there needs to a major rethink in sentencing to tackle overcrowding
MML director MEIRIAN JUMP outlines the recently refreshed library’s busy autumn schedule that ranges from book sales, archival exploration, community work with online education and the ever popular site tours
TONY BURKE surveys the shifting political landscape and the challenges Labour needs to address if it is to prevail in the 2028 federal elections
AS VACCINE rollouts and loosened restrictions usher us into a new phase of the pandemic, there is plenty to be optimistic about. The significance of an “end in sight” cannot be overstated.
However, despite the relief that we all feel, there is an underlying dread: as tenants, as precarious workers, as people whose incomes have been hard hit, we know there are challenging times ahead.
The Scottish government has brought in an eviction ban until the September 30 but only in Tier 3 and 4 areas. The furlough scheme is due to wind up at the end of September. Trade unions are already combatting “fire-and-rehire” employment tactics.
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