OPEN LETTER: Act now on crisis in culture sector THE coronavirus pandemic has had devastating impacts on artists and the entire art and culture sector during 2020 and these effects contin
Features | Tuesday 26th Jan 2021 When job cuts are woke: using the language of social justice as a smokescreen
Wednesday 27th Jan 2021 The lessons of the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders work-in Half a century ago, 8,000 workers took over four shipyards in Scotland and instead of striking, kept working. JOHN FOSTER previews an event to mark this brave action, which not only saved every job, it turned a period of retreat into a working-class offensive
Tuesday 26th Jan 2021 The vaccine must be distributed equally, at home and abroad Throughout the pandemic, the government has proved that its priority is not to keep people safe but to protect the interests of the few. When it comes to the vaccine, they must abandon this unequal approach, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE MP
Tuesday 26th Jan 2021 Holocaust Memorial Day in an era of resurgent anti-semitism We are seeing a rise in anti-semitism being used by the organised far right internationally on a scale not seen since the 1930s — which makes the lessons of the Holocaust more important than ever, writes WEYMAN BENNETT
Tuesday 26th Jan 2021 We must fight to defend the rights we had under the EU In the face of Tory machinations under the guise of a 'review,' the Scottish government and trade unions are opposing any downgrading of our employment protections, reports CHRIS STEPHENS MP
Tuesday 26th Jan 2021 The Labour left’s challenge We cannot let the right drive the socialists out of Labour with a campaign of suspensions and expulsions— the left needs to get organised and fight for its own reform agenda the next party conference instead, writes STUART HILL
Tuesday 26th Jan 2021 The missing disabled mental health service-users Patients who have both physical and mental health requirements are suffering under the current system — they must be listened to and their input taken on board in the upcoming reforms, writes RUTH HUNT
Monday 25th Jan 2021 Rewriting history in 2021 Robert Jenrick wants to make sure you definitely don’t look at his track record and preferably look somewhere else instead, says KEITH FLETT
Monday 25th Jan 2021 Remembering Anne Suddick (1948-2021) – legend of the miners’ strike ANDY DOWSON of the Durham Miners’ Association pays tribute to a woman who fought alongside the region’s miners during the strike against pit closures of 1984-5
Monday 25th Jan 2021 Yemen: end the arms sales and pull out the troops IRAKLIS TSAVDARIDIS, executive secretary World Peace Council, explains the forces behind dirty war on the people of Yemen and what the western left must now demand to end it
Monday 25th Jan 2021 Yemen can’t wait: why a global protest has created a chance for change Joe Biden has suggested a new direction on Yemen — we must seize the opportunity to protest in his first week as US President to make sure he keeps his promise, writes CHRIS NINEHAM
