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A new survey reveals that Scotland’s ambulance and health services are in crisis and our members and the public can’t wait for help any longer, writes PAT RAFFERTY, Scottish Secretary of Unite
An ambulance drives along Prince Street, Edinburgh
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
LAST WEEK Unite Scotland revealed the details of a survey conducted of nearly 300 Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) workers, which has profound and devastating implications for our nation’s health services.
The survey reveals a horrifying picture of Scotland’s ambulance service, despite the heroic efforts of staff, due to years of chronic underfunding and the current pressures being placed on the system due to the pandemic.
The situation has, of course, been exacerbated by Covid but the issues regarding investment, hospital capacity, beds and personnel levels pre-date it.
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