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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Pandora Papers reveal the tax havens of the ruling class
MARK GRUENBERG takes a look at the evidence of how the rich and the corporate class have gamed the system to enrich themselves while impoverishing the rest of us
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
A TROVE of almost 12 million internal documents, emails, and memos from tax havens where the rich set up secret trusts to hide from taxes — while using their corporate clout to stick tax tabs to the rest of us — highlight US tax havens, notably South Dakota, available to the wealthy and well-connected.
And the multipart Pandora Papers series by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) adds that the rich and well-connected include Middle Eastern rulers who align their nations with US policy and interference in the Levant.
One is Jordan’s King Abdullah II, who despite his nation’s poverty, used $106 million in the last decade hidden in 36 trusts to buy 14 luxury homes, including a $33m gated estate in Malibu, California.
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