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
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The struggle for the soul of Scottish Labour
As the Scottish Labour Party prepares to elect its depute leader, Conrad Landin looks at the prevailing opinions and political implications of the choice
DECISION TIME (Left to right) Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn with newly elected Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard and candidate for depute Lesley Laird MP
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
SPRING fever is gripping the SNP. By the time Scotland’s governing party announces its new depute leader in June, the three candidates will have squared off in at least 10 hustings events.
Meanwhile, Scottish Labour has set a timetable to elect its own number two that stretches even further ahead. Voting will not close until the end of August, under the timetable agreed by Labour’s Scottish executive committee (SEC).
But despite this, Richard Leonard looks increasingly likely to have a deputy in post before Nicola Sturgeon. Because in the four days since Scottish Labour’s election timetable was published, support has been building around just one candidate — interim deputy leader Lesley Laird, who is Labour’s shadow Scotland secretary at Westminster.
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