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While international actors discuss governance and reconstruction, Netanyahu has made it clear that Israel has no intention of ending its military occupation, says RAMZY BAROUD
The biggest problem we have is poverty
Labour’s Edinburgh Northern and Leith candidate GORDON MUNRO talks to the Star about the rise in foodbank
use and how wealth can be redistributed with fair taxation
NICK WRIGHT continues his series analysing the trends in European politics
We have the alternative economics, histories of our struggles and the confidence to change the world
General Federation of Trade Unions assistant general secretary HENRY FOWLER reports on the final day from the GFTU’s residential Summer School at the Workers’ Retreat, Quorn Grange Hotel
Capitalism has exploited — and polluted — our natural resources for too long, it’s time we treated our rivers as living beings, writes MIRIUM GAUNTLETT, LIAM SHAW and ROX MIDDLETON
Treating the Clacton by-election as a joke risks reinforcing the Reform leader’s claim to be the victim of an out-of-touch Establishment, argues JOHN McINALLY
MPs and others called for the urgent release of tortured Palestinian doctor, Hussam Abu Safiya, held hostage by Israel and reportedly near death, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
EDINBURGH is a beautiful city and has long been a tourist hotspot with its historic castle, world-famous fringe festival and prestigious university.
But as with many cities like it, areas have been gentrified, increasing the cost of living for ordinary people who feel pushed out by sky-high rents and a lack of affordable housing.
Despite often being seen as affluent compared to cities like Glasgow and Dundee, Edinburgh and its surrounding areas suffer many of the same problems, like poverty, unemployment, poor pay and housing shortages.
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The new Scottish Parliament looks set to continue a cycle of managerial tinkering while public services face the axe, writes STEPHEN LOW
Years of underfunding are eroding Scotland’s local services and deepening inequality in communities, says VINCE MILLS
LOTTE COLLETT welcomes the arrival of a new party for the left, a vehicle for councils to finally fight for progressive policies on housing, green spaces and public facilities, rather than administering cuts and misery from central government
Deep disillusionment with the Westminster cross-party consensus means rupture with the status quo is on the cards – bringing not only opportunities but also dangers, says NICK WRIGHT