A California union’s decision to host a meeting about US policy towards Cuba has prompted a congressional probe and renewed attacks on international solidarity, writes CAMERON HARRISON
The time for tinkering at the edges is over
Growing numbers of rough sleepers and rising in-work poverty show radical change is what’s needed, says RICHARD LEONARD
The Baltic state is set to reverse its constitutional prohibition on nuclear weapons and foreign bases as part of accelerated Nato war preparations, warns TOM UNTERRAINER
Long-term underfunding and state neglect, while simultaneously probation services have been undermined, have intensified the prison crises, argues SOLOMON HUGHES
Holyrood incompetence has cost jobs and put the future of Clydeside’s Ferguson Marine shipyard into jeopardy. Its future should have been assured, argues KENNY MACASKILL
With the agitated debate now raging in the media about the early release schemes, Prison Officers Association general secretary STEVE GILLAN gives the view of those who work in the sector
The hounding of the late Jason Arday is an all too familiar experience for many black people. ROGER McKENZIE calls for collective action to combat what can feel like personal isolation
FOR just one person to die while homeless and sleeping on the streets is one too many. For there to have been at least 450 deaths last year, 94 of them in Scotland, is heartbreaking and tells us that something is drastically wrong in our economic and political system and this has to radically change.
These figures were published in the autumn but as the festive season approaches, and the temperatures drop, they take on even more significance. Shelter recently published a report that showed the increase in homelessness meant someone lost their home every 18 minutes in Scotland last year. Across the UK, rough sleeping has more than doubled since 2010.
We all do what we can when we see someone sleeping rough. And charities do great work, providing outreach, advice and warm clothing. But charity is not, and should never be, a substitute for true social justice.
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