Israel and the US talk as if they’ve won a victory, but the reality is that world opinion has turned decisively against the Israeli regime, says RAMZY BAROUD
THE Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) and Culture Matters are pleased to announce the second edition of their successful Bread and Roses Songwriting and Spoken Word Award, which is also supported and sponsored by the Musicians’ Union.
The award is an example of cultural democracy — the struggle for a more democratic and socialist approach to the arts and all cultural activities, accompanying the struggle of the working class for political and economic democracy.
Our aim is to encouraging young and emerging musicians and performers in particular to write material relevant to working-class people, culture and communities.

Artists should not be consigned to a life of precarious working – they deserve dignity and proper workers’ rights, argues ZITA HOLBOURNE

ANN HENDERSON on the exciting programme planned for this summer’s festival in the Scottish capital

