The Milburn review presents itself as a plan to help young people into work, but Dr DYLAN MURPHY argues it is laying the groundwork for a harsher benefits regime
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Is Scotland forever wedded to the EU?
Scottish Left Leave was formed last week – and it has a fight on its hands to convince Scots of the true nature of the European Union, according to TOM MORRISON
Campaigners from across the continent will gather in Brussels on June 14 to oppose Europe’s accelerating militarisation and cuts to public services, write MAGGIE SIMPSON and BOB ORAM of No Cold War Britain
National co-ordinator for General Strike 100, HENRY FOWLER, continues his nationwide tour of partner organisations by visiting the Modern Records Centre at Warwick University
GEOFF BOTTOMS recalls meeting Fidel Castro in the ’90s after joining a Pastors for Peace caravan to Cuba, and reflects on how international support is still vital to help the island withstand economic warfare
The Ivors Academy’s hike in entry fees could turn this respected peer-assessed event into an exclusive preserve for those wealthy enough to compete, warns BEN LUNN
Peter Murrell’s weakness for the allure of prestige goods is symptomatic of modern consumer culture, says MATT KERR
LAST week in Glasgow 50 trade unionists and leftwingers gathered to launch Scottish Left Leave.
This new organisation calls for a future outside the European Union in which governments are free to redevelop the welfare state, safeguard public services, extend public ownership and protect the working class from austerity.
Its founding statement opposes TTIP in its entirety, offers solidarity to the refugees fleeing imperialist-inspired wars and stands with workers in Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Spain and Italy who are resisting EU demands for privatisation and cuts in wages, pensions and services.
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