As tens of thousands return to the streets for the first national Palestine march of 2026, this movement refuses to be sidelined or silenced, says PETER LEARY
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Don’t let the anti-semitism weaponisers divide us
Calm and logic are needed on the left amid a slew of anti-semitism allegations from the right and the anti-Labour media, says CHELLEY RYAN
If the government really wanted to address public finances, improve living standards and begin economic recovery, it would increase its borrowing for investment, argues MICHAEL BURKE
MATT KERR takes a winter journey through poetry, labour and memory, from Glasgow to Newcastle, arguing that our radical past isn’t something to revere from a distance, but a tool still meant to be used
One of Canada’s most revered politicians is a native of Falkirk but is relatively unknown in his original homeland. KENNY MacASKILL tells his story
Labour prospects in May elections may be irrevocably damaged by Birmingham Council’s costly refusal to settle the year-long dispute, warns STEVE WRIGHT
HENRY FOWLER and ROB POOLE explain the significance of today’s Megapicket
BEING on the brink of writing a piece about Labour and anti-semitism, finger hovering over the iPad, is like standing with one foot hovering over a minefield.
Why do it? Why risk putting a foot wrong and being labelled an anti-semite or a weaponiser of anti-semitism?
The writing of such a piece is fraught with risk and danger in these febrile times, but I feel I have to write it. I feel I have something to contribute to this discussion that removes some of these landmines, and allows us to find ourselves again on common ground.
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