Preferable to Starmer he may be, but there is scant sign of a sharp political break in Burnham’s policies so far — while left challenges aren’t making much of a running either, finds ANDREW MURRAY. How can socialism be put back on the map?
SINCE the People’s Assembly Scotland (PAS) last met for an annual general meeting, much has changed in the political landscape at Scottish, municipal, UK and international levels.
What has not changed is the unrelenting attacks on working people and their families’ living standards.
Cuts are implemented at local level because of the Scottish government’s inadequate allocation of funds that would allow councils to both provide appropriate services and protect jobs.
by MONICA LENNON, Scottish Labour & Co-operative MSP for Glasgow
ARTHUR WEST surveys the achievements of the Scottish campaign against South African apartheid and how we can draw on them to fight a rising far right
Liverpool Trades Council has unveiled a ‘People’s Budget’ to fight £56m cuts and council tax rises. DEAN YOUNG reports
Campaigns against nuclear weapons on the Clyde, financial backing for arms firms and rising militarism are converging with solidarity for Palestine, as Scotland’s peace movement builds momentum ahead of the 2026 Holyrood election, says ARTHUR WEST



