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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 considers how the isolation of Israel and a new film on the controversial Italian communist leader are creating new reference points for Italy’s left
CARLOS MARTINEZ says Cuba’s achievements in the face of a criminal blockade are startling, but the island’s future if the United States succeeds in crushing it looks bleak
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports that far-right MPs who mobbed the event organised by Hadash may have helped raise awareness of the brutality of the Israeli right
Born on this day in 1931, the heroic revolutionary faces a dangerous new wave of White House aggression. We must treat his birthday as a rallying cry to resist the illegal siege of Cuba, writes ROGER McKENZIE
RAMZY BAROUD decries the rats of Gaza, the rodent and human type. Both abound as profiteering from tragedy reaches obscene levels
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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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
The work done by Glasgow’s local campaigners and volunteers is truly inspiring, but it cannot stop at picking up the pieces of an irresponsible government, writes MAYA McGOWAN