CJ ATKINS takes a closer look at Trump’s recent spate of red-baiting speeches and asks why the authoritarian president is running scared
Inside the housing crisis: a report from an activist in Scotland’s tenants’ union
We must not stand back and watch housing become a prized commodity, argues Living Rent’s JOE ROSENTHAL
JOHN McINALLY sees little chance of change at Westminster, and calls on the left to get serious about building a real alternative
With the centenary of the UN Slavery Convention upon us, ROGER McKENZIE argues much needs to be done to rid us of all its contemporary manifestations
SEVIM DAGDELEN says European Nato states are escalating ever closer to direct conflict with a nuclear power, and sacrificing welfare states built up over a century to finance it
CLAUDIA WEBBE says the horrific price British patients will pay for this NHS deal is now clear — and there’s time to get out of it, if MPs will only force the issue
KENNY MacASKILL says the lines between party, government and Civil Service in Scotland have been blurred and we need a thorough investigation into how
“SORRY, that’s not my department’s decision” — “I’ll put in a word in, mate” and the notorious “I’m just doing my job.”
These lines have unfailingly been the deflections of housing officers and council bureaucrats alike, when negotiating with Scotland’s tenants’ union Living Rent (LR).
LR has strived to expand the dynamic of the labour movement outside of the workplace, recognising exploitation takes many forms: just as working conditions are not controlled by workers, housing conditions are out of the hands of tenants.
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