Police crackdowns on Israeli peace demonstrators combined with court rulings and settler organisations are designed to strip Palestinian families of their homes and land. The Israeli state has tried to silence both Israelis and Palestinians who resist, according to Zo HaDerekh (This Is The Way) the Communist Party of Israel’s Hebrew-language weekly
In praise of Granite City’s architects
The Marischal College
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The attacks on black academics are well-funded and relentless, writes DIANE ABBOTT, and they need to be fearlessly resisted by all concerned
Communists in Australia, Britain and the US outlined a joint state agreement against their governments’ militarist provocations.
Extreme hot weather resulting from environmental change needs to be tackled through greater firefighting investment instead of fewer jobs and less resources, writes COLIN BROWN
Faced with crises in every direction, Volodymr Zelensky is rewriting his country’s complex history by paying homage to the founding fathers of Ukrainian ultra-nationalism and courting their modern heirs, writes KENNY COYLE
There are many intricate details about the new Saudi, Turkish and Pakistani alliance we do not yet know, suggests ROGER McKENZIE, but its impact could be considerable
ABERDEEN is, Jonathan Meades contended in his 2009 BBC series Off Kilter, architecturally unique. Not simply because of its reputation as the Granite City, but because of granite’s refusal to weather.
We therefore see — often side by side — buildings of totally different architectural movements in a condition near original.
The most famous example is of course the Marischal College, which now serves as the city council’s HQ. The second-largest granite building in the world, it is a masterpiece of Gothic revival unlike any other.
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