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Local government workers must not be forgotten
They have kept everything from our schools to our roads open — so why is their current pay offer more like a slap rather than a clap, asks PAT RAFFERTY
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
THIS week the Scottish trade union movement meets, albeit virtually, for our annual congress.
Being able to ensure the business of driving workers’ rights forward is absolutely essential, particularly as we are on the verge of Scottish Parliament elections.
A few weeks ago I wrote in the Morning Star about the need to value our social carers and for that to be properly recognised and rewarded by politicians.
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Ahead of next year’s parliamentary elections, ROZ FOYER warns that a bold tax policy is needed to rebuild devastated public services which can serve as the foundation of a strong, fair economy