CJ ATKINS takes a closer look at Trump’s recent spate of red-baiting speeches and asks why the authoritarian president is running scared
Fighting for tenants in Scotland
DANNY PILKINGTON explains how Living Rent have successfully campaigned for their members during Covid and their vision for housing reform
Members of Scotland's tenants' union Living Rent campaigning
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
AS VACCINE rollouts and loosened restrictions usher us into a new phase of the pandemic, there is plenty to be optimistic about. The significance of an “end in sight” cannot be overstated.
However, despite the relief that we all feel, there is an underlying dread: as tenants, as precarious workers, as people whose incomes have been hard hit, we know there are challenging times ahead.
The Scottish government has brought in an eviction ban until the September 30 but only in Tier 3 and 4 areas. The furlough scheme is due to wind up at the end of September. Trade unions are already combatting “fire-and-rehire” employment tactics.
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