PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE explains why opposing war is inseparable from defending jobs, wages and public services – and why readers should come to the London Peace Conference on Saturday June 20
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Scottish Labour has a real opportunity – it mustn’t waste it
It is no good telling the people of Scotland that they are against independence if they do not have a real alternative to put to the people, says TAM KIRBY
Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard
As protests erupt over Henry Nowak’s murder, ANDREW MURRAY argues that anger is being exploited to advance a wider racist and anti-immigration agenda
CARLOS MARTINEZ explains the sound case for car manufacturing co-operation with China
The National Emergency Briefing outlines the need for urgent action to address environmental crisis, says PAUL DONOVAN, warning that there’s no time to indulge the arguments of the fossil-fuel-funded climate-change deniers
Campaigners say criticism of Labour MP Stephen Morgan’s position on Gaza has been met with police intervention and cancelled opportunities for debate. HESTER WOLFE reports
The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights warns of escalation danger in Iran war
WITH the SNP wasting time in Holyrood debating what flags should fly in Edinburgh, we are faced with a Tory majority that can now implement any policy it wants when we need to develop a real strategy for democracy not just in Scotland but across Britain.
Debating flags is a distraction of epic proportions, when we need to be talking about real class issues.
Since the ’80s the country has become deindustrialised. Labour had 13 years in power and did nothing to rebuild or even protect the industrial areas destroyed by Thatcher. At its peril it ignored these industrial areas and did nothing to redress the balance of power or wealth.
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